Tala - SecOps Engineer

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Status: Active
Category: Software Development
Posted: Apr 14, 2026
Expires: Jul 13, 2026
Work style: Remote

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About the Role

About Tala

Tala is AI-native credit infrastructure for the global majority, combining proprietary risk intelligence with an expanding network of capital and distribution partners to power credit access at scale. Backed by more than $500 million in funding, Tala has distributed more than $7 billion in capital to more than 13 million customers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia—building one of the most robust datasets on thin-file borrowers anywhere in the world. Our mission is simple yet bold: to unleash the economic power of the global majority. We are looking for daring, data-driven leaders passionate about building the trust and credit infrastructure for the global majority.

Our pioneering work and proven impact have earned us consistent recognition, including being named to:

CNBC’s Disruptor 50 for five years.

CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Companies for two consecutive years.

Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for nine consecutive years.

Visionary investors, persuaded by the economic power of the global majority, have committed half a billion dollars in equity and debt to Tala's success.

Given the global nature of our team, we operate on a remote-first approach with office hubs in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Role

We are looking for a SecOps Engineer to design, implement and maintain suitable infrastructure and application security solutions on AWS and GCP public cloud environments using DevSecOps mindset.

You will bring world class cloud-native security expertise to implement solutions for security configuration hardening, vulnerability management, detection, protection and monitoring of security threats and intrusions, in an automated fashion.

What You'll Do

Drive the design and implementation of defense-in-depth infrastructure and application security solutions for our customer facing SaaS platform in AWS & GCP public cloud environments
Drive architecture, implementation, configuration and automation of native and third party cloud security solutions for hardening, detection, prevention, logging and response solutions for security vulnerabilities and threats
Work closely with Product, Engineering and IT in a DevSecOps model on technologies like FWs, ACLs, WAFs, IAM roles and permissions, Vulnerability management and hardening, Threat and Intrusion detection, Kubernetes Container Security solutions
Assist in incident response and triaging activities as needed for security incidents and events

What You'll Need

B.S. Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of professional development training and experience
3-5 years of previous experience deploying and administering security infrastructure in GCP or AWS public cloud environments, using Infrastructure as Code required
In-depth hands-on experience with at least one public Cloud platform (AWS or GCP) with advanced knowledge of securing IaaS platforms and services like WAFs, Security Groups, EC2/Compute, EKS/GKE, ECR/GCR, S3/Cloud Storage, RDS/Cloud SQL, Logging and Monitoring
Prior experience working closely with Product, DevOps and CloudOps' Site Reliability Engineers on shift-left strategies, CI/CD tools and solutions needed
Security experience in a cloud native environment in one or more areas: authentication, access management, API security, Linux security, vulnerability scanning, threat and intrusion detection, firewalls, WAF, encryption technologies, container security etc.
Experience using a programming language such as Python for automation (would be a plus)
Security certifications such as AWS, GCP , CISSP, CEH, OSCP preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to document and explain technical details and concepts clearly and concisely
Agility and willingness to deal with a high level of ambiguity, change, and pressures of high-profile incidents
Flexibility to pitch in where needed across program and team
Strong influence and teamwork skills; sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating, and decision-making skills
Strong knowledge of industry standards, vulnerability classifications, and attack vectors
Experience working effectively with global teams in multiple time zones

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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