Senior Stack Engineer

Northwave Cyber Security; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm in Utrecht is seeking a Stack Engineer to design and evolve their Security Operations Center's technical stack. You will work closely with operational needs, ensuring reliable scaling of monitoring platforms, and developing pipelines for onboarding customers. Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience and possess strong skills in Python and networking. This role directly impacts the detection and resolution of security incidents, and offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, real-world environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to translate SOC needs into technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve the technical stack for the SOC.
• Ensure the monitoring platform scales reliably.
• Develop deployment pipelines for new customers.

Skills

Python

APIs

GNU/Linux

Networking

Job description

Job Description

Northwave is a leading European cybersecurity specialist, protecting organizations against increasingly complex digital threats. With deep expertise in offensive and defensive security, behavior, and monitoring, we support our customers through managed security services and high-impact consultancy. Our Security Operations Center plays a central role in this mission, operating as a high-trust, high-precision environment where technology and expertise come together. To further strengthen this foundation, we are expanding our engineering capability within the SOC platform.

The role

As a Stack Engineer, you are responsible for designing, building, and evolving the technical stack that powers our Security Operations Center. You work at the intersection of engineering, automation, and security operations, ensuring that our monitoring platform scales reliably and remains operationally sharp. You design deployment pipelines that enable seamless onboarding of new customers and use cases. You develop intelligent correlation and deduplication mechanisms so analysts and clients only see alerts and vulnerabilities that truly matter. You also create and maintain a centralized view of customer implementations, giving the SOC immediate insight into active configurations, use cases, and points of contact. Your work directly impacts how efficiently our SOC operates and how effectively we protect critical infrastructure across Europe.

Technology & environment

• Python for automation, orchestration, and building smart internal tooling


• APIs for integrating and connecting security and monitoring systems


• GNU/Linux environments with strong command-line usage


• Networking fundamentals for designing, operating, and troubleshooting monitoring setups


• Security-by-design as a default, not an afterthought

Job Requirements

Who you are

• You are an engineer who prefers systems over slogans. You like understanding how things actually work in production and improving them where they break, slow down, or create noise.


• You have a done a similar job for at least 5 years.


• You are comfortable working close to operations. You do not need everything fully specified upfront, and you are able to translate practical SOC needs into technical solutions that hold up under pressure.


• You take ownership of what you build and feel responsible for keeping it understandable, maintainable, and secure.


• You communicate clearly with analysts and engineers, make pragmatic choices, and focus on outcomes rather than theoretical perfection.

Why Northwave

At Northwave, this role sits close to real security operations. The systems you build are used daily by SOC analysts and directly affect how incidents are detected, escalated, and resolved. You are not building demos or side projects. You are improving a production SOC stack that protects real organizations. Decisions are made quickly, technical input is taken seriously, and improvements are implemented rather than parked on a roadmap. You work with experienced professionals in an environment that values competence, responsibility, and getting things right. Interested in building systems that are used under real pressure, not in theory?

Contact Youri Roelofs at [e-mail].