Overview
The role of IT Security Officer – Vulnerability Assessment and Automation Specialist is to provide cybersecurity services to European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, focusing on hardening and scaling continuous surface monitoring services and contributing to vulnerability assessment and management workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Vulnerability assessment and management
- Develop automation and integration for vulnerability scanning and discovery
- Data analysis and reporting
- Participate in general tasks executed by the Offensive Security team
- Be involved in projects aiming at delivering related services
- Participate in the definition, implementation and delivery of projects
Required Experience
- At least three years of relevant experience
- Experience in service delivery
- Experience in external attack surface monitoring
- Experience in collecting and analysing high volumes of data and with related tools (e.g., Splunk)
- Familiarity with well-known security hardening standards (e.g., CIS Benchmarks)
- Excellent knowledge of the main GNU/Linux operating system distributions
- Very good command of computer networking concepts
- Hands-on experience in vulnerability assessment and management
- Hands-on experience in developing automation and integration solutions
- Excellent programming skills in Python, Go or similar languages
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to process large amount of information quickly
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with co-workers in an international and multidisciplinary work environment
- A focus on constant learning and improvement of technical and personal skills
- The ability to adjust to a wide range of IT technologies and become proficient in new ones swiftly
Qualifications
- University-issued diploma or equivalent
- Completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma
