Cybersecurity Ops Engineer: App & Edge Protection

Hitachi, Ltd.; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Engineer – Application & Edge Protection to secure external attack surfaces across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will deploy and optimize DDoS protection, WAF, and API security solutions while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to strengthen security controls.

The role requires hands‑on engineering, incident response support, and ongoing improvements to security architecture and operations to protect critical services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 3–6 years in cybersecurity, application security, or security operations.
• Hands‑on experience with DDoS mitigation, WAF, and API security technologies.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies, including HTTP/S, REST, TLS.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Secure the organization’s external attack surface by managing core security technologies.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and optimize DDoS protection, WAF, and API security solutions across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Investigate security events, support incident response, and identify gaps for continuous improvements.
• Collaborate with development, cloud, network, and infrastructure teams to strengthen security posture.

Skills

DDoS mitigation platforms

Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

API security technologies

HTTP/S, REST APIs, TLS

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Akamai

Cloudflare

F5

Imperva

Infrastructure as Code

Security automation tools

Job description

Hitachi Vantara is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Engineer – Application & Edge Protection to secure external attack surfaces across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will deploy and optimize DDoS protection, WAF, and API security solutions while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to strengthen security controls.

The role requires hands‑on engineering, incident response support, and ongoing improvements to security architecture and operations to protect critical services.