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Security Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 4-6 years of experience in Security and Security Operations
  • 4-6 years of experience with the Elastic stack for SIEM
  • Experience with Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
  • Familiarity with modern security technologies and security/privacy frameworks (e.g., WAF, IAM, IDS/IPS, SOAR, SIEM, XDR; NIST, ISO27001, CIS, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIS2)

Responsibilities

  • Support the Security Operations Center (SOC) by assisting with incident response and its lifecycle.
  • Contribute to incident response training and playbooks for the organization.
  • Develop and manage security alerts and automated escalation processes; build integrations (Python/Bash) in containerized environments (Kubernetes).
  • Collaborate with Technology, Privacy, and Compliance teams to improve security across OLX, and participate in threat hunting and threat intelligence efforts.

About the company

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OLX Group

At OLX, we build leading marketplace ecosystems enabled by tech, powered by trust, and loved by our customers. Together we're building a more sustainable world through trade. Serving tens of millions of people every month, we help people buy and sell cars, find housing, get jobs, buy and sell household goods, and much more. Our well-loved consumer brands (including OLX, Otomoto, Otodom, Property24, and more) offer safe, smart, and convenient trading platforms and services for our customers. OLX is powered by teams around the world, who are unified in their ambition to help people get more from the world’s limited resources. We are OLX.

Company details

Company typeLarge
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

WELCOME TO OLX
 
We're building marketplace sustainable ecosystems that millions of people depend on every month – to buy and sell cars, find homes, land jobs, and trade secondhand goods. It's commerce that matters: safesmart, and environmentally responsible.
 
We do this with courage to innovate, commitment to outcomes, collaboration across 50+ nationalities and 7 markets, and a customer-led approach that puts real people first. Add a desire to win – and you get a culture that's ambitious, fast-moving, and built on trust.
 
Our brands – including AutoTrader, OLX, Otomoto Property24, and more – are loved by millions. And we're backed by Prosus, one of the world's largest tech investors.
 
Join OLX and see how far you can go.

This role will be based in Portugal and you need to be residing in the country already.
 
As a Security Operations Engineer in our team, you'll be reporting to our Head of Security and collaborating with other engineers and tech stakeholders at OLX. You will assist in designing, implementing, and promoting our security incident management processes and automation.

You will:
  • Support the OLX Security Operations Center (SOC) by assisting with the incident response and its lifecycle;
  • Contribute to incident response training for the organization;
  • Assist in integrating our platforms and services with the SOC;
  • Participate in “protect, detect, and respond” engineering tasks;
  • Participate in Threat Hunting tasks;
  • Participate in improving our threat intelligence system;
  • Help develop, improve, and manage alerts of automated escalation processes;
  • Work on custom integrations, which may require development skills in Python and Bash in containerized environments such as Kubernetes;
  • Collaborate with other teams to streamline security across OLX, including Tech, Privacy, and Compliance teams.

  • You have:
  • 4-6 years of experience working in a Security;
  • 4-6 years of experience with the Elastic stack for SIEM;
  • Experience in Incident Response and Security Operations within a dynamic and evolving environment, including Cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS);
  • 4-6 years of experience working with Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).Understanding of modern Security technologies, especially for customer-centric applications, WAF, SSDLC, IAM, IDS/IPS, SOAR, SIEM, MDM, XDR, and AV;
  • Experience in most common Operating Systems and Networks. Knowledge of pager applications for alert management and escalation;
  • Basic understanding of concepts like least privilege, agile, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, and containerization orchestration;
  • Some familiarity with Security and Privacy frameworks and best practices, such as NIST, ISO27001, CIS, PCI DSS, GDPR and NIS2.
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OLX
    OLX values diversity and welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, disabilities, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, backgrounds, and experiences to apply. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements - you may be just the right fit for this or other opportunities with us!
     
    OLX will process your personal data to assess your fit for the applied position. You may optionally consent to store your data for up to 12 months after the application process for consideration in future OLX roles. For more details on how your application data will be processed please check our Privacy Statement.

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