Blockchain Security Engineer

Job Title: Blockchain Security Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA/Houston, TX/Jersey City, NJ - Day1 Onsite 
Long term contract 

Job Requirements: 

This role spans hands-on security expertise, risk management, governance, and control oversight across blockchain, cloud, and enterprise platforms. 
Risk & Controls, who will be responsible for identifying and assessing technology and security risks, driving remediation efforts, strengthening control frameworks, and partnering with engineering teams to implement secure and compliant solutions.
Conduct security risk assessments, identify control gaps across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and blockchain environments, and design/assess effective security controls. 
Drive the remediation of security findings, vulnerabilities, audit issues, and control deficiencies through to closure. 
Partner with engineering, architecture, and operations teams to integrate security into system design/delivery, perform threat modeling, and participate in solution reviews. 
Support identity and access management (IAM), secrets management, encryption, and key management practices. 
Expertise in conducting security risk/control evaluations and driving remediation activities. 
Strong understanding of standard frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, COBIT, or similar standards. 
Core understanding of cloud security principles and major providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform). 
Solid knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), secrets management, encryption, and key management practices. 
Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance platforms such as Archer, ServiceNow GRC, or MetricStream.