Information Security Lead (FinTech)

Location: Yerevan, Armenia; workplace type: onsite.

Company

hirify.global is a fintech company that provides flexible payment solutions allowing shoppers to split payments online and in stores.

What you will do

• Lead and contribute hands-on to security architecture and technical security reviews across cloud, infrastructure, and product initiatives.
• Design and implement security controls across GCP and AWS, including IAM, CSPM, and cloud-native security.
• Drive Secure SDLC and DevSecOps initiatives, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and container security.
• Lead vulnerability management and participate in penetration testing, VAPT, and red/purple team engagements.
• Design threat detection and SIEM use cases, improve security monitoring, and lead complex incident investigations and response.
• Drive endpoint, infrastructure, network, firewall, automation, security tooling, standards, and operating-procedure initiatives while supporting and mentoring security engineers and analysts.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Information Security or Cybersecurity, including at least 2 years in a technical leadership or senior individual contributor role.
• Strong experience leading Information Security or Cyber Security functions in a senior technical or management role.
• Deep expertise in Cloud Security, Security Architecture, VAPT, AppSec/DevSecOps, and Defensive Security.
• Experience leading security programmes and managing cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of GCP, AWS, IAM, CSPM, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and vulnerability management.
• Strong understanding of penetration testing, red/purple teaming, threat hunting, incident response, security architecture, threat modelling, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, and container security within CI/CD environments.
• Experience working within a regulated fintech or banking environment.
• Knowledge of CBUAE, UAE PDPL, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2.
• Proven stakeholder management and strategic decision-making skills.
• CISSP/CISM and OSCP or equivalent certifications may be preferred or required depending on the final hiring criteria.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in the InfoSec Monitoring department.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, IT, Legal, and Compliance teams.
• Opportunity to shape security programmes and mentor security engineers and analysts.

Hiring process

• Application and review.
• HR call with hirify.global.
• Technical interview followed by a final interview with hirify.global.