GRC Engineer

ZBD is seeking a GRC Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our organization's security compliance framework and risk management programs. This role bridges technical security implementation with regulatory compliance and risk assessment. This role is for someone with a solid foundation in cybersecurity risk and compliance who has a technical background. Routine compliance activities and workflows will be established and automated to support business goals., * Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, including third-party/vendor risk evaluations, with an emphasis on consistency, repeatability, and scalability.

• Proactively identify and address security & policy gaps in existing systems and architectures, recommending and implementing enhancements to strengthen ZBD's overall security posture.
• Bring and keep ZBD systems, processes, and procedures into compliance with relevant compliance frameworks (SOC 2, DORA, GDPR, PCI DSS, etc.).
• Design, implement, and maintain security solutions to address vulnerabilities and risks within ZBD systems.
• Work closely with the software engineers and developers to establish and keep a strong security compliance posture.
• Develop and enforce technical security standards, patterns, and best practices to establish and maintain a consistent and robust security posture across ZBD systems.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of security documentation, including policies, procedures, and technical guides.
• Develop and maintain cloud recovery and backup solutions to ensure availability and business continuity.
• Apply the most appropriate technical approach based on problem complexity and process maturity.
• Participate in an On-Call rotation.
• Document processes & procedures.

You should be comfortable working in a growth-stage startup, with comfort navigating ambiguity and fast-paced environments. Come build, secure, and automate with the ZBD team!, * 3+ years of experience in security governance, cloud and application security assessments, risk management, and/or third party risk.

• Thorough understanding of cybersecurity principles, cloud security, and identity and access management.
• Firm grasp on cloud computing principles.
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Working knowledge of Linux.
• Experience with metrics gathering, alerting, reporting.
• Experience with git, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to design, implement, and improve cybersecurity solutions.
• Ability to balance cybersecurity initiatives with business initiatives.
• Ability to identify and analyze potential methods of attack., * Experience with AWS Organizations and Multi Accounts.
• Experience as a software engineer.
• Experience with SOC 2 compliance efforts.
• Knowledge of, and experience working with Bitcoin and Lightning Network software.

ZBD is building the financial operating system for the gaming economy: the infrastructure layer through which real money enters, circulates, and exits game experiences. All at internet speed, at internet cost, and within a fully compliant framework that publishers could never build themselves. We're Series C-funded, licensed in both the US and the EU, and were the first company to receive a MiCA license., We power real economies in virtual worlds. With ZBD, gaming becomes a meaningful economic activity and game devs get a new playground for weaving money into the worlds they create.