Security Engineer (DevSecOps)

Mindera works with a variety of clients across the world to innovate and solve tough technical problems.

Our security team enables Mindera to meet security standards, such as UK Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO27001, and keep all Minders safe from the bad guys’ hands.

We are looking for an Information Security Analyst to work across all our locations.

• What you’ll be up to
• Security monitoring and alerting: develop, maintain and fine‑tune detection rules for our XDR platform; investigate security events to determine whether an incident occurred.
• Vulnerability management: run and analyse vulnerability scans, identify weaknesses, report results and coordinate remediation.
• Security enablement: advise and answer queries from Minders, contribute to security guidelines, awareness and best practices; work with development teams to integrate threat modelling into the software development lifecycle, identifying and mitigating potential security risks.
• Incident response: provide assistance during containment and recovery, prepare reports and use the lessons learned to strengthen our defenses, applying frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Systems integration: develop scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks, leverage Ia C principles to build and manage integrations across our security tools.
• What are we looking for
• Experience: at least three years of hands‑on experience in two or more relevant areas.
• XDR Threat Detection/Response: comfortable with XDR platforms such as Palo Alto and Crowd Strike, confident investigating security events and building and tuning detection rules.
• Vulnerability Management: experience with tools such as Tenable and Qualys; ability to create scans, reports, query data and audit the platform; API usage is a plus.
• Scripting and Automation: proficiency with Python or Bash to automate repetitive tasks.
• Change Management: test, validate, roll out and roll back changes safely and securely.
• Operating Systems: solid knowledge of Linux and mac OS, and a practical understanding of Windows.
• Cloud and On‑prem Infrastructure: familiarity with networking concepts, cloud (AWS, GCP) and strong interest in applying Ia C principles.
• Security Frameworks: basic understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST and CIS and how to apply them in practice.
• Communication Skills: good communicator, no fear of asking questions; English is the main language used at Mindera.
• Interpersonal Skills: ability to deal with many people from different backgrounds and skillsets and support them effectively.
• Growth Mindset: work autonomously and proactively in a distributed and dynamic organisation, want to get things done well.

Benefits

• Well‑being First: health insurance and open holidays because we trust you to know when you need a break.
• Flexible working hours and remote options in Portugal.
• Career growth: a dedicated budget for training and conferences, plus a transparent profit‑sharing model.
• Tools for success: choose laptop and peripherals that suit your needs, plus hotspot with unlimited usage.
• Team work: annual trips, sports and sharing groups to connect and have fun.
• Locations

Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj‑Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil

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