Senior Security Engineers and Technical Advisors

DeepOcean; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Defendable is seeking experienced Senior Security Engineers and Technical Advisors to join a cybersecurity-focused team. You will contribute to security operations, automation, and cloud security architecture across customer environments, including Defender/Sentinel and Azure ecosystems.

Ideal candidates have hands-on cyber security engineering experience, a solutions-oriented mindset, and familiarity with IaC, CI/CD, and security tooling. On-site collaboration across Norway is common.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in cyber security engineering, cloud security or related field.
• Solutions oriented mindset with ability to develop working technical solutions.
• Experience integrating and configuring security technologies.
• Interest in automation and infrastructure or configuration as code.
• Solid experience with Azure design, security and administration.

Responsibilities

• Security operations and MDR: build tooling and platform for detection and response.
• Security automation and engineering: IaC, APIs, CI/CD to create scalable security capabilities.
• Security data and telemetry: design cost-efficient data collection, routing, storage and access.
• Microsoft security technologies: Defender, Sentinel and Azure security ecosystem.
• Cloud security architecture and advisory: design secure cloud environments for clients.
• AI and security engineering: apply AI in security operations and build services for clients.

Skills

Cyber security engineering

Cloud security

Azure security

MDR security operations

Automation

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS/IS

Certifications in security

Tools

Azure

Defender

Sentinel

SIEM

Job description

Senior Security Engineers and Technical Advisors

Defendable AS

0250 Oslo

Stillingstittel Senior Security Engineers and Technical Advisors

Defendable provides 24/7 security monitoring, incident response, security testing and cyber security consultancy services. We are currently around 100 employees, and are looking for new talent to join our team.

We want to help our customers by supporting them with the people, processes and technology to help them defend against the myriad of threats on the digital landscape. Our ultimate goal is to help our customers be more defendable against cyber attacks, and this is why our company is called what it is: Defendable.

Defendable is looking for:

Experienced security engineers who want to join a workforce of skilled peers and colleagues.

People with a ‘doer’ mindset who are comfortable with taking an idea and developing it into services we can build, operate and deliver to customers.

What you could work with at Defendable

Security operations and MDR (managed detection and response): including building the tooling, integrations and platform to support modern detection and response services.

Security automation and engineering: using infrastructure as code, APIs and CI/CD to create security capabilities that are repeatable, maintainable and scalable across customers.

**Security data and telemetry:**designing and implementing cost-effective approaches for collecting, routing, storing and accessing security data while balancing visibility, retention and cost.

**Microsoft security technologies:**particularly Defender, Sentinel and the wider Azure security ecosystem.

Cloud security architecture and advisory: helping customers design and implement secure cloud environments that follow industry best practices and fit their business needs.

AI and security engineering: applying AI within our own security operations, and building services that help customers secure, harden and assure their AI implementations, from design and configuration through to monitoring.

To apply, you should have the following skills/competence:

Hands-on experience in cyber security engineering, cloud security or a closely related field.

A solutions oriented mindset, and proven ability to move from a loosely defined problem into a working technical solution.

Experience integrating and configuring security technologies - not only administering them.

An interest or preferably experience in automation and infrastructure or configuration as code.

Solid experience with designing, securing and/or administering in Azure.

Education at the Bachelor/Masters level, with minimum 3-5 years relevant work experience AND/OR demonstrated competence through certifications, courses and additional work experience.

Competence and practical experience in several of the following areas is highly desirable:

Microsoft security related technologies (including, but not limited to Defender and Sentinel).

Logging and SIEM platforms (including but not limited to Azure Log Analytics Workspace, Elastic, Splunk, Google Secops).

Github, CI/CD, infrastructure and configuration as code.

Identity and access security.

Cloud architecture and cloud-native security.

Possession of one or more of the relevant certifications, or demonstrated equivalent practical experience:

• Microsoft Certifications: SC-100, SC-401, SC-300, SC-500, SC-200, AI-901, AI-103

Personal skills

As an employee in Defendable we value the following qualities:

Solutions oriented and self-driven: you take initiative, aren't afraid to try new approaches, and stay calm and solution-oriented when priorities shift, including on-site with customers.

Curious and analytical: you work through problems systematically, stay open to being proven wrong, and enjoy learning from colleagues and sharing what you know.

Effective and trustworthy communicator: you handle sensitive matters with integrity and genuinely care about the people you help. You can explain complex topics clearly to any audience, in writing and in person.

**Cooperative and flexible:**We work with a lot of different companies and organisations across various sectors. You must be able to work with both human and technical resources from a wide range of areas, with varying levels of expertise.

We offer

Challenging and varied work, with room to explore new ideas and technologies.

A strong technical environment where colleagues share knowledge and support each other.

Opportunities for professional development, training and certifications.

A central role to build and influence development of our services.

Customers that matter and a position to make a difference.

Flexible working arrangements that support both collaboration and individual needs. Depending on the customer’s needs, there may be a need to work on-site.

A friendly, welcoming and proudly nerdy environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their own personality and help shape our culture.

Practical information

The position is based in Oslo, Gjøvik or Grimstad.

Fluent written and spoken English skills are required. Norwegian language proficiency is highly desirable for working with our Norwegian customers.

Some assignments may require Norwegian security clearance, but this is not a general requirement for the position. Background checks may be conducted as part of the recruitment process.