Security Engineer – Mid-Level

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Bulgaria, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Safeguard Virtuozzo’s networks, systems, and data against cyber threats.

• Enhance vulnerability management by conducting and fine-tuning scans, addressing findings, tracking remediation efforts, and preserving scan evidence.

• Oversee SIEM and EDR systems and logs to identify, investigate, and respond to security incidents.

• Configure and maintain EDR, SIEM, firewalls, IDS/IPS, MFA, and SSO policies.

• Assist with identity and access management, which includes provisioning, managing privileged access, and conducting periodic access reviews.

• Contribute to ISO/IEC 27001 operations, implement controls, gather evidence, provide inputs for the risk register, and participate in audits.

• Support security assessments, coordinate penetration testing, and follow up on remediation efforts.

• Promote application security throughout the SDLC via SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning in CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with R&D teams to triage application security findings and monitor remediation progress.

• Help secure build and release procedures, including repository access, secrets management, artifact signing, and pipeline hardening.

• Maintain security policies, procedures, standards, and track exceptions.

• Monitor the security posture of endpoints across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.

• Engage in security awareness training and educate end users accordingly.

• Resolve security outages and incidents, producing documentation on root causes or post-incident analyses.

• Develop, document, and implement internal IT and Security processes and workflows.

• Keep abreast of security threats, trends, and technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or systems administration with a strong emphasis on security.

• Proficient understanding of firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability scanning tools.

• Solid grasp of networking principles, including TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, VPNs, and firewall configurations.

• Experience in identity and access management, Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, and SSO/MFA platforms like Okta or similar.

• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online.

• Comfortable working across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments.

• Knowledge of application security fundamentals, OWASP Top 10, secure coding practices, and vulnerability triage in code and dependencies.

• Understanding of ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, or similar frameworks, including appropriate audit evidence.

• Strong analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Security certifications such as Security+, SSCP, CEH, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, or similar are advantageous.

• Experience with tools such as Qualys, Greenbone/OpenVAS, Wazuh, Splunk, MDM tools, endpoint hardening, Python, Bash, PowerShell, SonarQube, Semgrep, Snyk, OWASP ZAP, Trivy, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, secure SDLC practices, cloud platforms, virtualization platforms, or ISO/IEC 27001 certification programs would be beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• A position at the cutting edge of cloud technology with significant impact and growth prospects.

• A collaborative atmosphere where your ideas are appreciated and implemented.

• Additional perks and engagement opportunities.

• Share options.

• Referral bonuses.

• Opportunities for certifications and learning aligned with interests and role requirements.