Security Engineer NL/ENG - Freelance

Daily rate: 500 - 540

Context

Focus on preventive security solutions, patch and vulnerability management, application protection, and security tooling follow-up.

Missions

• Monitor and remediate security breaches
◦ Investigate suspicious activities and take remediating actions.
◦ Document, test, and monitor security breaches and assess their damage.

• Maintain security monitoring tools
◦ Secure and monitor the different systems effectively.

• Perform vulnerability and risk analysis
◦ Conduct in-depth risk assessments and vulnerability analyses.
◦ Identify and report vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs.

• Support application security
◦ Advise development teams on secure coding practices.
◦ Perform security assessments on web applications and APIs.
◦ Identify common web vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and Clickjacking.

• Work on scanning and detection activities
◦ Optionally conduct and analyze SCA, SAST, and DAST scans.
◦ Analyze log data to identify anomalies and potential threats.
◦ Continuously improve monitoring and detection systems.

• Contribute to incident response and threat mitigation
◦ Develop data-driven security strategies and incident response plans.
◦ Investigate security incidents and perform forensic analysis.
◦ Advise on preventive measures based on threat intelligence and trends.

• Collaborate with stakeholders
◦ Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement security policies and best practices.
◦ Follow up with internal stakeholders and development teams.

Organisation & Daily Work

• Usually part of the SOC (security operations center).
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and development teams.
• Role involves cross-departmental collaboration.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and ownership skills are expected.
• A curious and investigative nature is highlighted.