Cyber Security Engineer

Summary Description:

Cybersecurity Specialist (SecOps) responsible for identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, and supporting remediation of security vulnerabilities across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and containerized environments. Focuses on reducing security risk through risk-based vulnerability management, translating technical findings into actionable guidance, and supporting teams throughout the remediation lifecycle. Works closely with infrastructure, cloud, platform, application, and endpoint teams, as well as senior security specialists and the Vulnerability Management Lead in complex and regulated enterprise environments.

Role Type:

Contract

Start Date:

Immediate

Salary:

Day Rate

Location/Language:

Location: Utrecht (hybrid)

Language: Professional English required

Requirements Description:

• 3–5 years’ experience in Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Infrastructure Security, or Information Security
• Hands-on experience with enterprise vulnerability scanning platforms (Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, or similar)
• Strong understanding of common vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack techniques
• Solid knowledge of CVSS scoring, exploitability assessment, and risk-based remediation
• Experience collaborating with infrastructure, cloud, platform, and application teams
• Practical experience securing and assessing containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes), including image scanning, configuration risks, and runtime exposure
• Ability to analyze scan results, system configurations, and basic network, cloud, and container architectures

Tasks Description:

• Own vulnerability findings end-to-end: identification, analysis, prioritization, remediation support, validation, and closure
• Monitor and manage vulnerability findings from scanning platforms and security tooling
• Analyze vulnerabilities affecting endpoints, servers, network devices, applications, cloud workloads, and container platforms
• Validate findings to reduce false positives and confirm exploitability
• Prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS, exploitability, asset criticality, exposure, and threat intelligence
• Provide practical remediation guidance and technical clarification to technical teams
• Coordinate remediation activities and track progress to closure
• Validate remediation via re-scanning or technical verification
• Improve vulnerability data quality, scanning accuracy, coverage, and prioritization logic
• Contribute to metrics, dashboards, management reporting, and audit/compliance evidence
• Collaborate with incident response teams when vulnerabilities are actively exploited or present immediate risk

Essential Skills/Experience Description:

• End-to-end vulnerability management experience
• Enterprise vulnerability scanning platform expertise
• Strong analytical, risk-focused mindset
• Experience working across infrastructure, cloud, platform, and application teams
• Containerized environment security experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable Skills/Additional Information Description:

• Advanced/offensive security training (OSCP or equivalent)
• GIAC, (ISC)², or vendor-specific certifications
• Cloud security certifications focusing on vulnerability or posture management (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with CSPM and container security tooling
• Experience in large-scale, enterprise, or regulated EU environments
• Motivated to improve vulnerability management processes, tooling, and outcomes

Team Contact:

[email protected]