Operational Security Engineer
Location
Europe
Posted
29 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Operational Security Engineer
RootstockLabs
• Operate and continuously improve the security enterprise platforms through effective controls, detections, monitoring, and incident response. • Configure and manage IAM, access controls, and contextual access policies in line with least-privilege principles and secure access standards. • Manage and maintain the company’s MDM/EDR capabilities, ensuring endpoint visibility, policy coverage, timely updates, and organization-wide adoption. • Review new tools, workflows, and third-party integrations, including SaaS, AI tools, MCPs, and plugins—and provide practical security guidance to reduce operational risk while enabling the business. • Drive and improve the company’s security awareness program, helping users operate safely through practical guidance and support. • Monitor emerging attacks, vulnerabilities, and threat actor tradecraft, and turn that knowledge into practical defensive improvements across the company. • Apply adversarial thinking and practical threat modeling to identify realistic attack paths and improve operational resilience across user workflows, enterprise tooling, and internal systems. • Help define and improve security policies, standards, best practices, and configuration baselines for internal systems and business tooling.
Job Requirements
- Fluency in English.
- Strong hands-on experience securing and operating enterprise SaaS and cloud platforms.
- Experience with identity and access management, contextual access controls, and secure administration of business-critical systems.
- Experience operating MDM/EDR and other endpoint security controls.
- Experience responding to security incidents, compromises, and breaches.
- Advanced cybersecurity experience, including exposure to sophisticated threat actors, knowledge of modern attacker tradecraft, and the ability to apply an adversarial mindset to defensive work.
- Experience conducting practical threat modeling with real operational impact.
- Experience assessing the security of third-party tools, integrations, and emerging technologies introduced into the business.
- Ability to perform open-source threat intelligence activities relevant to current threats and company exposure.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package and unique benefits designed to support your growth and well-being.
- 100% Remote Work from Europe / Latin America, with access to global CoWorking spaces.
- Work-Life Balance: Paid vacation and sick leave days
- Continuous Learning: Access to training programs, language courses, and learning sponsorship annually.
- Unique Projects: Work with cutting-edge blockchain technology in a global, diverse team.
- Monthly Allowance for Contractors to support your connectivity and well-being.
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