Staff Security Engineer, Secure Digital Asset Operations

About the role

The Staff Security Engineer within the Secure Digital Asset Operations (SDAO) function at Ripple is responsible for securing Ripple's digital assets. This includes developing, implementing, documenting, and managing processes to catalogue and secure the handling and storage of digital assets. The role also involves continuously enhancing the security posture by driving security risk assessments and collaborating with the Information Security team and cross-functional partners to design and implement improvements.

Responsibilities

• Secure digital assets: Develop, implement, document, and manage processes to catalogue and secure the handling and storage of digital assets.
• Enhance security posture: Drive security risk assessments of digital asset safeguards to find opportunities for improvement, then collaborate with the Information Security team and cross-functional partners to design and implement those improvements.
• Communicate security posture: Develop effective methods to measure, supervise, and communicate security posture to key partners.
• Evangelize security best practices: Raise awareness among individuals and teams through educating them on how to secure both Ripple and personal digital assets effectively.
• Guide strategy: Advise on digital asset security methodologies, tooling decisions, and vendor integrations to improve the security posture.

Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience in information security, specifically securing digital assets, and a demonstrated knowledge of crypto/blockchain/web3/smart contracts.
• Strong knowledge of key management solutions, cryptography, and key management best practices that include the secure creation, distribution, storage, and usage of cryptographic keys.
• Hands-on experience setting up, configuring, and maintaining a variety of digital asset wallet solutions (Software, Hardware, MPC, and/or MultiSig Wallets) and secure offline laptop solutions.
• Experience handling sensitive work with discretion and professionalism, and demonstrated ability to become a trusted digital asset security advisor to the business.
• A clear and concise communicator/writer who can effectively communicate to varying levels of junior and senior stakeholders across different organizations, hold teams accountable, and can document and translate complex security and compliance topics into functional requirements.
• Comfortable operating on an unpaved road and dealing with ambiguity and complexity through effectively prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at a time.

Qualifications

• Comfortable operating on an unpaved road and dealing with ambiguity and complexity through effectively prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at a time.

Skills

• Knowledge of key management solutions, cryptography, and key management best practices.
• Experience with digital asset wallet solutions (Software, Hardware, MPC, and/or MultiSig Wallets).
• Ability to handle sensitive work with discretion and professionalism.
• Clear and concise communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments at a time.

Benefits

Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

Pay

CA Annual Base Salary Range: $208,000 USD - $260,000 USD

Schedule

Not specified