The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Financial Advantage is hiring a Information Security Specialist in Aurora, CO.

• Role description

  The Information Security Specialist chair at Financial Advantage is for builders, not bystanders, with $68,000 - $94,000 attached and CompTIA Security+ on the daily menu. We're looking for 1+ years of Security Awareness Training; in return you'll get $68,000 - $94,000, ownership, and a team worth joining.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Pair-program tricky SOC Operations edge cases with engineers across Aurora, CO
  • Decode the undocumented Security Awareness Training service nobody at Financial Advantage remembers writing
  • Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Security Awareness Training and Threat Modeling
  • Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
  • Replace the brittle CISSP hack with a Nessus solution that survives Aurora scale

  What You'll Bring

  • Willingness to relocate to Aurora, CO, or to make remote work
  • Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a contract project
  • 1+ years of Container Security reps, not just Container Security exposure
  • Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
  • Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
  • Real curiosity about why Financial Advantage customers do what they do

  We built Financial Advantage in Aurora, CO to give technology teams the relentlessly-kind tools they actually deserve. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

  We offer $68,000 - $94,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.

  Actively staffed and live, this Aurora, CO opening is no relic.

  Go ahead and apply; the worst that happens is Financial Advantage learns your name.

• Required skills

  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Security Awareness Training
  • Nessus
  • Threat Modeling
  • SOC Operations
  • Container Security
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CISSP
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Active Listening
  • Stress Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Critical illness insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Paid bereavement leave
  • Pet Insurance
  • Conference attendance budget
  • Basic life insurance
  • Paid relocation for international moves
  • Reservist support
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Onsite Childcare
  • Cost-of-living adjustments
  • Open source contribution time
  • Video Games
  • Hotel and lodging coverage

• Apply before 2026-12-05

  Submit your application for this Contract technology position.