Corporate Information Security

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Block Corporate Security Team helps to secure the business processes and systems that our global workforce depends upon. CorpSec Engineers are highly skilled on the risks inherent in the business processes, interactions with third parties, threats to employee endpoints, corporate data center resources, and cloud (SaaS / PaaS) solutions employed across Block.

We are looking for someone who can quickly digest new concepts, business requirements, associated risks, and can collaborate with their partner teams to identify what risks we should accept, which we should mitigate, how, and why. This means broad security knowledge, an ability to gain technical depth quickly when necessary, and the soft skills (collaboration, ability to communicate security risks to non-engineers) and leadership required to effectively collaborate across many teams at once.

You will:

• Develop security policies, requirements, and guidelines to address corporate information security risk
• Work directly with foundational teams to audit SaaS / IaaS / PaaS business systems
• Perform vendor risk assessment for third-party solutions that address security threats
• Establish and maintain workforce identity capabilities through single sign-on (SSO) and MFA
• Perform threat modeling exercises with business partners to identify risks in corporate systems
• Communicate, document, prioritize, and drive security remediation to completion
• Influence secure designs and roadmaps for effective risk management
• Work with a dynamic, fast-paced, and geographically-distributed team of experts

• Five years of demonstrated security & risk management experience working in a technology-focused company
• Deep technical understanding of common security vulnerabilities and risks
• Strong knowledge of risk countermeasures and compensating controls
• Facility with empathetic interpersonal interactions via video conference
• A thoughtful approach to technical analysis and ability to quickly assess new platforms

Nice to have:

• Experience working in a remote team environment
• Curiosity and interest in learning new technologies
• Passion to enable everyone to participate and thrive in the economy

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD54566975, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD54566975 is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.