Senior Security Engineer
On-siteLisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Job Summary
Build and operate security engineering across on-premise, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments by deploying, configuring, and maintaining security infrastructure including SIEM, EDR, logging, and monitoring. Engineer, implement, and tune detection rules and automated response playbooks to support continuous threat detection and incident response. Apply and enforce security architecture standards while partnering with product engineering and DevOps to embed security best practices throughout the SDLC. Evaluate and adopt new security tools to ensure defenses keep pace with business growth. Work under the technical direction of the Lead Security Engineer within a hybrid SOC model.
Required Qualifications
- Solid hands-on experience (4-6 years) in security engineering/implementation for cloud-based and SaaS environments
- Strong working knowledge of cloud security, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, key management, secrets management, firewalls, and security tooling (SIEM, EDR, logging/monitoring)
- Hands-on scripting or automation skills (e.g. Python, PowerShell, Terraform, Yara) to implement security automations, detection rules, and guardrails
- Practical experience implementing and tuning systems for incident response, detection engineering, and vulnerability management
- Good understanding of the secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) and the ability to collaborate with dev/ops teams to embed security controls
- Working knowledge of Windows, Linux, and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking, with the ability to identify threats and propose sound technical mitigations
- Good communication skills to explain security issues, risks, and mitigations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and to work effectively within a team
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Computer Engineering, or related field
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant security certifications are a plus (e.g. CISSP, CISM, or cloud-security credentials)
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