About Sygnum

Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and DLT foundations to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenisation and B2B services.
In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg.
We believe that the future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance. To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on Linked In and X.

Our values

A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:

• S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
• Y represents the way we say Yes to maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;
• G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;
• N is here for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.

Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together”, we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.

About the role

Our CISO team’s mission is to be in the vanguard of digital banking security, fostering a safe and prosperous financial future for our stakeholders while setting pioneering new industry standards for security and trust in the digital age.

• Financial Services Experience: gain valuable experience in the highly regulated financial services industry, working on cutting-edge security solutions for digital assets and core banking.

• Hands-On Experience: work directly with our security team to manage and enhance security controls in AWS and Azure environments.

• Cloud Security Focus: participate in cloud security posture management, secure configuration, and monitoring of cloud-based services.

• GRC Involvement: assist in conducting risk assessments, supporting compliance efforts, building controls frameworks and implementing governance practices within the organization.

• Professional Growth: access to training and mentorship opportunities to build expertise in cloud security, GRC practices, and advanced security technologies.

• Career Progression: opportunity to grow as Sygnum grows with potential career pathways into Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Penetration Testing, GRC or Security Architecture.

Our ideal candidate

You’re a recent graduate with a passion for cyber security and cloud technology, eager to develop your skills in AWS and Azure environments. You have a foundational understanding of security principles, Infrastructure as Code, and containerization. You’re keen to learn about GRC practices, including risk assessments, compliance and controls. You're detail-oriented, a problem solver, and ready to contribute to a growing team in a fast-paced, regulated financial services environment.

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cyber Security, IT, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Basic Cloud Knowledge: understanding of AWS and Azure services, including IAM, VPCs, and security tools.

• Infrastructure Familiarity: exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Ia C) tools such as Terraform.

• Container and Orchestration Understanding: basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.

• Programming Skills: basic proficiency in a modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java Script) and scripting.

• Governance, risk and compliance awareness: foundational knowledge of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) principles, including risk assessments and compliance frameworks.

• Web Application: intermediate knowledge of major class of vulnerabilities affecting web applications. Familiarity with OWASP testing frameworks. Ability to triage vulnerabilities identified by automated tools during the SSDLC

• Agile and Dev Sec Ops: strong understanding of these models promoting agility and security in development processes is an advantage.

• Problem-Solving Abilities: strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with a focus on identifying and mitigating security risks.

• Adaptability and Growth Mindset: eagerness to learn new technologies, adapt to evolving challenges, and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Our offer

Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast-paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long-term mission, we also come together for reaching important milestones and annual crypto-industry anniversaries like Bitcoin Pizza Day, and regularly celebrate together at themed company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.

Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme
• 25 days annual vacation
• Flexible/Work at home policies
  
• Professional development via Mentoring and Buddy programs
• One-month fully paid sabbatical for every five years of continuous employment

If you are passionate about the potential of blockchain to share Future Finance and your profile is a good fit for this position, please send us your CV today!