Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Role Overview:

Senior technical owner of the company’s cybersecurity controls, with particular responsibility for application security and for security audit and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Application security: embed security into the SDLC, threat modelling, secure code review and remediation follow-up.
• Penetration testing: scope and manage internal and third-party application and infrastructure tests, and drive findings to closure.
• Security audit: lead internal and external audits, customer assessments and certification cycles; prepare evidence and close findings.
• Compliance and frameworks: maintain controls, policies and standards against ISO 27001, NIST CSF / CIS Controls and applicable regulation.
• Risk management: identify, assess and report information security risks and track treatment plans.
• Vulnerability management: run the scanning and patching cycle with risk-based prioritization and SLAs.
• SIEM and monitoring: maintain log coverage, correlation rules and alert tuning; ensure critical systems are monitored.
• EDR / endpoint security: administer and tune the EDR/XDR platform, maintain coverage and perform threat hunting.
• Network and perimeter security: manage Fortinet FortiGate firewall policies, IPS and web filtering, SSL inspection, VPN and rule recertification.
• Identity and access management: govern authentication, MFA, SSO, privileged access and periodic access reviews.
• Cloud security: define and verify hardening baselines and configuration for Azure.
• Data protection: set standards for encryption, key management, data classification and DLP.
• Incident response: act as senior responder; maintain and exercise playbooks and lead post-incident reviews.
• Third-party security: assess vendors and SaaS providers and set contractual security requirements.
• Awareness and reporting: deliver security training and phishing simulations; report metrics to management.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Security or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 6–8+ years in cybersecurity, including a senior or lead role.
• Hands-on application security experience: secure SDLC, threat modelling, SAST/DAST/SCA, secure code review, OWASP Top 10 / ASVS.
• Proven experience leading security audits and compliance work (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS or SOC 2).
• Solid command of cybersecurity essentials: risk, IAM, network, cloud, endpoint, cryptography, vulnerability management and incident response.
• Hands-on SIEM experience (e.g. Forti SIEM)  log onboarding, use cases, alert tuning.
• Hands-on EDR/XDR experience (e.g. Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike).
• Hands-on Fortinet FortiGate firewall administration (policies, IPS, VPN, FortiManager / FortiAnalyzer).
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform and modern CI/CD toolchains.
• Ability to read code in at least one mainstream language and engage credibly with developers.
• Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CSSLP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Fortinet NSE 4+, OSCP or SC-200.

Soft skills:

• Excellent organizational skills (ability to prioritize, plan tasks, and respect deadlines).
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Teamwork skills/team spirit.
• Ability to work under stress and respond to tight deadlines.
• High level of autonomy/self-discipline.
• Proactiveness.
• Curious keen to learn and ready for new challenges.
• Ability to work independently.

Languages:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Knowledge of any other language is a plus (French)