Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI-Cybersecurity) - Vice President

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Business Group: Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI)
 

Business Group Overview:

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTi) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.  

BXTi is nimble and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge. 

Job Title: Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI-Cybersecurity) - Vice President

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and own a multidiscipline cloud security program and strategy that encompasses data security in the cloud as a primary focus.
• Design, build, and manage robust and resilient cloud security controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Influence and drive standardization of security by default services and frameworks that help scale security.
• Work on cloud security risk mitigation campaigns to eliminate or reduce the most impactful threats to BXTI’s cloud environment.
• Mentor and grow junior engineers on the team to help them not only grow their skill set but better protect the firm long term.
• Be at the forefront of cloud security in the community by working with product teams from established and emerging organizations that can better serve the needs of the team’s strategy but also benefit anyone who uses the products.
• Build and own a distributed systems architecture used to scan cloud configuration, container artifacts, and any infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Understand and work towards a balanced approach for enabling Developers to reliably identify and fix cloud security flaws
• Communicate security vulnerabilities, best practices, and mitigation options to stakeholders that balance business agility with security.
• Partner with Developer teams to meet security objectives through training and integrating vendors or build your own solutions into software development processes.
• Establish policies & standards to guide Developers to meet security requirements.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field required.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in job offered or related occupations required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software development, with a strong proficiency in programming languages relevant to cloud platform development (e.g., Python, Java, Go).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience efficiently managing support activities, adeptly handling tickets, requests, and other operational tasks as an engineer, ensuring seamless assistance for the organization.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing and building efficient, resilient, and well-documented systems to reduce operational overhead.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Platform, Systems, and DevOps teams to define and integrate key objectives into technology roadmaps and system designs.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience mentoring and developing junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and empowering them to enhance their skill set.
• Minimum of 1.5 years (18 months) of experience specializing in cloud security and infrastructure risk assessment, with expertise in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks by implementing robust security controls and secure-by-default services.
• Minimum of 1.5 years (18 months) of experience in Cloud-native and containerized workload architecture and development, with a strong preference for AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring secure, scalable and efficient deployment of applications in cloud environments.
• Minimum of 1.5 years (18 months) of experience in Infrastructure-as-code development, demonstrating a pronounced inclination towards utilizing Terraform as the preferred tool.
• Minimum of 1.5 years (18 months) of experience effectively communicating complex cloud security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies to non-technical stakeholders.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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