Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more.
Role
We're hiring a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to own the security technology that protects Octus employees, endpoints, and enterprise systems. You'll keep our security stack healthy and well tuned, and you'll harden the security settings in the business systems people use every day.
Our security team is small, so this role is broad. Your main focus is IT and enterprise security. You'll also work on cloud security, application security, incident response, vendor risk, and audits. Anyone who joins gets real exposure across the whole program.
You'll also help us secure AI tools. Octus uses AI heavily, and we want someone who can make tools like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT safe to use at scale.
ResponsibilitiesPrimary focus: IT and enterprise security- Own the care and feeding of our security tools. Tune policies, manage upgrades, fix integrations, and retire what we no longer need.
- Manage endpoint security across Mac and Windows with Microsoft Defender, Intune, and Jamf Pro.
- Manage Netskope policies for web, SaaS, and data loss prevention.
- Harden identity in Okta and Microsoft Entra ID. This covers SSO, MFA, conditional access, privileged access, and admin access reviews.
- Set and enforce security configuration in enterprise systems like Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian, and other SaaS apps.
- Manage email security with Abnormal Security and Google Workspace controls.
- Support secrets and credential management in 1Password.
- Harden AI tools like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT. Configure admin settings, connector and MCP controls, audit logging, and data protections.
- Build and tune detections in Google SecOps with our managed SOC partner.
- Respond to incidents and lead post-incident reviews. Join the team on-call rotation. Calls are rare.
- Track and drive remediation of cloud and code findings from Wiz and Snyk.
- Partner with Engineering on AWS security and secure development practices.
- Automate security work with Python, APIs, and workflow tools.
- Collect evidence for SOC 2 and support client security reviews.
- Assess security risk in new vendors and tools.
- Mentor teammates and share what you learn across Technology.
- 6+ years in cybersecurity or security-focused IT engineering.
- Hands-on experience running EDR and MDM tools across Mac and Windows fleets.
- Strong working knowledge of identity platforms like Okta or Entra ID, including SSO, MFA, and conditional access.
- Experience hardening SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
- Experience with SSE or secure web gateway tools, and with DLP.
- Experience tuning a SIEM and responding to security incidents.
- Working knowledge of SOC 2, NIST CSF, and GDPR, and how technical controls support them.
- Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Comfort working with REST APIs.
- Clear writing and speaking with both technical and non-technical people.
- Comfort working across many areas at once on a small team.
- Hands-on experience with our stack, including Okta, Microsoft Defender, Intune, Jamf Pro, Netskope, Google SecOps, or Wiz.
- Experience hardening enterprise AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT, including MCP servers and connectors.
- Experience building security automation or workflows that cut manual work.
- Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, Security+, or a cloud security cert.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
Skills Required
- 6+ years in cybersecurity or security-focused IT engineering
- Hands-on experience running EDR and MDM tools across Mac and Windows fleets
- Strong working knowledge of identity platforms such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, including SSO, MFA, and conditional access
- Experience hardening SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
- Experience with SSE or secure web gateway tools and DLP
- Experience tuning a SIEM and responding to security incidents
- Working knowledge of SOC 2, NIST CSF, and GDPR, including how technical controls support them
- Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Comfort working with REST APIs
- Clear writing and speaking with technical and non-technical people
- Comfort working across many areas on a small team
- Hands-on experience with Octus’s security stack, including Okta, Microsoft Defender, Intune, Jamf Pro, Netskope, Google SecOps, or Wiz
- Experience hardening enterprise AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT, including MCP servers and connectors
- Experience building security automation or workflows
- Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, Security+, or a cloud security certification
What the Team is Saying
Octus Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, and vision, with multiple plan options noted. Insurance is described as reasonably comprehensive, though plan costs are not publicly detailed.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave are part of the package. Time off is highlighted as a relative strong point, with positive indications around vacation and flexibility.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid‑work support, home‑office reimbursements, and fitness subsidies are emphasized alongside recognition and development programs. These quality‑of‑life perks add tangible value beyond core insurance and retirement.
Octus Insights
What We Do
Octus, was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity, not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading, refinancing, distress and restructuring, we follow every development across leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents, surface risks, benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data, expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations, uncover opportunities, manage portfolios, execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today, nearly 40,000 professionals across the world’s leading banks, asset managers, CLO managers, law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth, depth and rigor forged over more than a decade, and for the speed, integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation, collapse the distance between intelligence and execution, and transform insight into impact. Because in credit, clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.
Why Work With Us
Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts, this is the place.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Reorg has adopted a hybrid working policy. For non-remote employees located within a reasonable commuting distance to one of our offices, the requirement is to work from the office at least 2 days per week.
