Security Engineer II

<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">About Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">cutting-edge</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Our Founding Partners</span></span><em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> </span></span></em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">operate</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> from </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">additional</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> offices in </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Sydney, Shanghai, London, and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Singapore</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"201341983":2,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559739":300,"335559740":350}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you’ll do as a Security Engineer II at Akuna:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276,"469777462":[9360],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[4]}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Akuna is seeking a driven Security Engineer II to safeguard our systems, data, and assets against a threat landscape increasingly shaped by AI on both sides of the fight. In this role, you'll proactively identify vulnerabilities, hunt for threats, automate and orchestrate security workflows, and drive incident response while leveraging AI and agentic tooling as force multipliers. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":100,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">You'll also help secure the firm's growing AI ecosystem, including internal AI applications, agentic workflows, and the emerging attack surfaces they introduce as AI becomes an increasingly important part of how we build and operate technology. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":100,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">By continuously improving our ability to prevent, detect, investigate, respond to, and recover from cyber threats, you'll play a key role in advancing Akuna's security posture. </span><span data-contrast="auto">In this role, you will:</span><span data-ccp-props