Cybersecurity Engineer: IR, Purple Team & Automated Ops

Aker BP ASA; Bærum; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share savings program

Pension plan

Health services

Job summary

Aker BP ASA is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer for Security Operations and Purple Teaming to protect IT and OT environments, developing automated detections and agentic workflows.

This hands-on role combines investigation, engineering, testing, and learning, with opportunities to advance AI-first security practices, work across IT and OT, and contribute to safe, low-emission operations in Norway.

Qualifications

• Degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science or equivalent experience or certifications.
• Experience in incident response, threat hunting, security monitoring, purple teaming, or DevSecOps.
• Experience with log analysis, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code, or GitHub is an advantage.
• Good communication skills in English; Norwegian is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to the technical investigation and response of complex Cybersecurity alerts and incidents across IT and OT environments.
• Develop and improve security monitoring, detection rules, response playbooks, threat-hunting activities, and automated or agentic workflows.
• Perform security assessments through technical security reviews, penetration testing, purple teaming, and analysis of exploitable attack paths.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external security partners to design, improve, and assure the quality of security services and solutions.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Security monitoring

Purple teaming

DevSecOps

Scripting

Security automation

Education

Degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS

Tools

GitHub

Infrastructure as Code

Policy as Code

Job description

Aker BP ASA is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer for Security Operations and Purple Teaming to protect IT and OT environments, developing automated detections and agentic workflows.

This hands-on role combines investigation, engineering, testing, and learning, with opportunities to advance AI-first security practices, work across IT and OT, and contribute to safe, low-emission operations in Norway.