CISO Argentina

at ARQ — The global financial platform for affluent consumers in the Americas.

Buenos Aires / Remote (US)Full-timeAny (new grads ok)YC-S21

What the role involves

About ARQ

ARQ is one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the world. Our mission is to redefine how people interact with money across borders, building the infrastructure to move value seamlessly. We’re still early in our journey, which means every person who joins shapes the future of our product, culture, and growth. If you’re excited by big challenges, global impact, and the chance to grow fast with a world-class team, ARQ is the place to do it.

What you'll be doing

Lead infosec regulatory compliance for our Argentina entities

Act as the designated security responsible with local regulators, prepare audit responses, and engage directly in Spanish

Detection & Response - build and tune detection rules and alert pipelines in our SIEM, map coverage to MITRE ATT&CK, and own incident response playbooks and tabletop exercises

Cloud Security - assess and harden cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes), drive posture management, and close identified gaps across our cloud environments

Application Security - contribute to threat modelling, secure code review, CI/CD pipeline security, and penetration testing coordination

Identity & Access Management - drive least-privilege enforcement, oversee provisioning/deprovisioning automation, and improve entitlement review processes

Endpoint & Network Security - oversee EDR deployment and coverage, enforce device compliance policies, and validate endpoint controls

Data Protection - define and implement DLP controls across collaboration tools, cloud storage, and internal platforms

Threat Intelligence - monitor external threat feeds, track brand exposure, and integrate intelligence into detection and response workflows

Security Governance - support vendor due diligence, contribute to policy development, and maintain compliance evidence for audits (SOC2, regulatory)

What you'll need

7+ years in information security with hands-on technical depth — this is not a purely managerial role

Strong cloud security background (AWS, Kubernetes) and experience with SIEM platforms

Experience interfacing with financial regulators and leading compliance audits

Full professional fluency in Spanish - you will represent the company with regulators

About ARQ

ARQ opens the world’s strongest assets and markets to travelers, investors and professionals across the Americas—so they can spend, receive, send and grow their money wherever they are. Formerly known as DolarApp.

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