Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

freiheit.com is looking for a Security Engineer to design and implement infrastructure for secure processes and policies. The role involves automating tasks through code, managing the ISMS, ensuring GDPR compliance, and educating team members on security practices.

🏢 About freiheit.com

freiheit.com was founded in 1999 in Hamburg and develops custom large-scale software products. Our mission is “Ship great software” and we have a strong focus on technology, with 85% of our members being Software Engineers. We work with leading companies in industries like Retail, Automotive, E-Commerce, and Healthcare.

🎯 The Role

This is a unique opportunity for Software Engineers to expand their expertise into security and compliance while working strategically. You will be responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of our data and infrastructure.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure for simple, reliable, and secure processes and policies.
• Write code to automate manual tasks.
• Manage the ISMS and ensure it is up-to-date.
• Work with the data protection officer to ensure GDPR compliance.
• Teach security practices to team members.
• Design security training and support secure infrastructure in projects.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience in UNIX system administration and networking.
• Programming experience, ideally in Go.
• Significant technical impact in past projects.
• Ability to learn quickly.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience with Observability (logging, monitoring, alerting, tracing).
• Experience with security.
• Experience with distributed systems in the cloud (Terraform).
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines.

🎁 Benefits

We believe in creating an environment where productive people are happy people. Our community is diverse, with members from all over the world. While we do not offer remote work, our offices in Hamburg and Lisbon provide a collaborative and innovative atmosphere.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

No visa sponsorship is mentioned. The company operates in Germany and Portugal, so eligibility to work in these countries is required.