Information Security Specialist
Rocket Travel is looking for an Information Security Specialist to join our rapidly growing global workforce. Remote employment is an option for this role.
In this position, you will report to our Director of Engineering for Infrastructure and Tooling, and work alongside a number of our teams to oversee our organizational security, protect our data, and ensure compliance with appropriate regulations.
Rocket Travel is a place where you:
- Work with a group of intrinsically motivated people with a track record for building successful new businesses from scratch.
- Embody curiosity, community, and accountability. We live and build products by these values every day.
- Own decisions and take action that can be implemented in a matter of days (or hours).
- Get inspired and encouraged to vacation faster, with an annual vacation stipend.
- Receive a competitive compensation package, including bonus, 401k with match, flexible vacation time, maternity and paternity benefits, health, and dental insurance.
- Total Compensation is based on experience - Salary: $80k - $110k + Bonus: 10% - 15%
- Can have the option to work remotely. Though we have great offices in Chicago’s West Loop and in NYC’s Empire State building, we have a hybrid team, a flexible work environment, and we welcome full-time remote applicants, too.
- Share your passion for travel with equally adventurous teammates.
- Work within the largest online travel company in the world. Rocket Travel creates B2C and B2B2C travel products and is part of Booking Holdings (BKNG). We have many worldwide partners and a diversified business. Despite the world’s current situation, Booking Holdings has been rated the healthiest company in travel, and Rocket itself is already seeing travel demand surpass pre-pandemic levels
As an Information Security Specialist, you will:
- Design and implement company-wide security and compliance programs, collaborating with our IT team.
- Answer partner risk management and security questionnaires, collaborating with our Commercial/Partnerships team.
- Assist during internal and external audits and self-assessments for PCI compliance, SOX compliance, etc.
- Build an internal library of resources on data protection, cyber security, system diagrams, process flows, etc.
- Perform periodic internal reviews of user access and process compliance.
- Coordinate with other brands in the Booking Holdings Group on cross-Group security projects.
- Play a lead role in developing company-wide best practices for data privacy and cyber security.
About you:
- A minimum of 5 years of work experience in Information Security, Cyber Security, IT, IT Auditing, or Compliance.
- Knowledge of compliance requirements including PCI-DSS, SOX, etc.
- Knowledge of privacy and data protection regulations including GDPR, CCPA, etc.
- Experience with audit processes including completing security questionnaires/audit forms and gathering evidence.
- Experience writing/reviewing security policies in a B2B setting.
- Strong knowledge of information system security best practices, including access control, auditing, logging, monitoring, security policies, and incident response.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines among various stakeholders.
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written), to convey technical and non-technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
About Rocket Travel
We make travel more rewarding than anyone else
Rocket Travel awards customers for booking travel through our products, allowing people to earn or use loyalty benefits from their favorite loyalty programs.
Our journey
We began in 2013 with the same goal of making travel even more rewarding. This started with our bespoke Rocketmiles website, earning travelers their favorite airline loyalty miles for hotel bookings, and every year since, we’ve advanced our goal.
We now partner with over 60 loyalty programs that travelers can choose from, we build unique partner-branded travel sites, we offer the ability to earn and redeem loyalty rewards, we sit within Booking Holdings—the most experienced Group of travel companies in the world—and we continually grow the number of ways that people can book travel through us, from stays to cars and more.
Travel constantly evolves, opening additional opportunities to create rewarding experiences, and we intend to be at the forefront of building and innovating on those for travelers worldwide.
A diverse and global team
Our teammates work across the globe, in person and remotely. We have offices in Chicago, NYC, Bangkok, Bogota, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Cebu. No matter where people work, our main team-building goal is to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We do that with a Diversity and Inclusion Committee, setting DEI hiring goals, investing in employee retention, and conducting regular team training that fosters collaboration and morale.
All of these efforts help ensure that we’re promoting a supportive workplace, where people are motivated to grow professionally and build rewarding travel experiences together.
Note on general employment requirements
Candidates should be authorized to accept employment in the US from any employer, should be willing to start within three weeks of accepting an offer, and should be able to work the same daily working hours as our Chicago office.
A final word
If the idea of working within an environment that promotes accountability, curiosity, and community to build reward travel products sounds motivating to you, we would love to hear from you—even if you’re unable to meet 100% of the job requirements. We never expect people to have all of the answers, as long as they’re willing and able to learn and grow with us.
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