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Senior IT Security Engineer

Summary

Owns and operates SIEM, monitors threats, responds to incidents, and manages vulnerabilities for a regulated fintech company.

You will own day-to-day operational security, including SIEM operations, detection monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and security tooling. You will harden systems, support vendor security reviews, and provide on-call coverage for security incidents.

Responsibilities

  • Own and operate the SIEM, including detection use cases, log onboarding, tuning, and alert triage
  • Run continuous security monitoring and escalation into incident response
  • Lead containment, eradication, and recovery during security incidents
  • Run vulnerability scanning, triage, remediation tracking, and verification
  • Support annual independent penetration testing
  • Track threat-intelligence feeds and maintain indicators of compromise
  • Configure and maintain endpoint and network security tooling, including EDR, firewalls, and network monitoring
  • Maintain baseline security-configuration and access-control standards
  • Contribute technical security due diligence for third parties and cloud providers
  • Provide on-call coverage for security incidents outside business hours

Requirements

  • 4+ years of hands-on IT or information security experience with depth in security operations
  • Experience owning or operating a SIEM, including design, tuning, and monitoring
  • Hands-on incident response experience
  • Knowledge of vulnerability management, endpoint and network security tooling, and cloud security fundamentals
  • Ability to work closely with engineering and own topics end to end
  • Understanding of security and compliance requirements in a regulated business
  • Right to work in Lithuania or the EU and ability to regularly attend the Vilnius office

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