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The name Lightera combines the words light and era, symbolizing a new chapter illuminated by the transformative power of light. It reflects our roots in fiber optic technology and our vision to lead the way toward a brighter, more connected future.
At Lightera, we empower our employees to grow, innovate, and make a meaningful impact on the world. We foster a supportive, dynamic, and inclusive workplace where people can thrive, collaborate, and drive meaningful change.
We are committed to attracting and retaining the industry's top talent. If you are looking for a rewarding career with opportunities to learn, lead, and contribute to cutting-edge innovation, we invite you to explore our open positions.
Position: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days on-site, 2 days remote)
Responsibilities:
Incident Response & Security Operations
- Serve as the primary technical responder for security incidents across the enterprise environment, including IT and OT-adjacent systems.
- Lead triage, classification, and prioritization of security incidents; execute containment, eradication, and recovery actions with full documentation.
- Perform intermediate to advanced digital forensics - artifact collection, memory and disk analysis, log correlation, timeline reconstruction, and chain of custody handling.
- Monitor, analyze, and investigate alerts and events across SIEM, EDR (e.g., SentinelOne), and network monitoring platforms.
- Produce detailed technical incident reports and contribute to executive-level post-incident summaries.
- Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and response procedures.
Vulnerability Management
- Own the vulnerability management lifecycle: coordinate scanning, track findings, drive prioritization based on risk and asset criticality, and follow up with infrastructure and application teams on remediation.
- Monitor for emerging threats and newly disclosed vulnerabilities; assess applicability to the environment and communicate urgency to relevant stakeholders.
Security Program Contribution
- Support the definition and enforcement of security controls across infrastructure, endpoints, identity, and cloud environments.
- Participate in the administration and optimization of security tooling (SIEM, EDR, endpoint management, vulnerability scanners).
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of security documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
- Work alongside infrastructure, network, and software development teams on security requirements for projects and changes.
- Contribute to security awareness activities and foster a security-conscious organizational culture.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in Cybersecurity Operations / Incident Response
- Hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR (SentinelOne), networking, and operating systems (Windows/Linux)
- Experience in complex and critical environments
- Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS)
- Exposure to industrial or OT environments is a strong plus
- Advanced English skills, with the ability to interact in a global environment
- Autonomous, analytical, and comfortable working in high-pressure scenarios