Security Architect - Advanced Threat Response

About the Position

Join our Development Centre in Bucharest and become a member of our open-minded, progressive, and professional team. In this role, you will be working for one of our world-famous clients. The Chief Security Office (CSO) of our client comprises the Chief Information Security Office (CISO) and the Corporate Security unit. The CISO organization guarantees information security for our client. The current initiatives are centered on enhancing cybersecurity capabilities across several critical domains: Threat Intelligence, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), Red Team Operations, Forensics, and Malware Analysis. These projects are designed to strengthen the organization's defense systems and enhance response strategies against complex cyber threats. We are looking for candidates with strong engineering experience in the areas mentioned above to assist in evaluating and selecting the most effective tools. The roles include implementing the chosen solutions, migrations to different platforms, and integrating them with already existing systems to ensure a smooth transition and improved security posture. On top of an attractive salary and benefits package, Luxoft will invest in your professional training and allow you to grow your professional career.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements, evaluation criteria, and success metrics for automated offensive/security testing platforms and red/purple tooling
• Run vendor/product evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and comparative analyses
• Architect integration approaches, workflows, and security telemetry
• Produce detailed implementation plans, runbooks, and operational handover artifacts. Coordinate rollout with operational teams
• Manage onboarding, configuration, tuning, and tuning validation of tools
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design scalable deployment patterns (SAAS, multi-tenant, credentials handling, high availability, etc)
• Support purple-team exercises and adversary emulation planning by selecting and integrating appropriate tooling. Translate red-team findings into engineering controls
• Ensure all the security requirements are addressed in tool selection and operation
• Maintain vendor relationships and roadmap alignment. Evaluate emerging tools and manage lifecycle/replacement decisions

Requirements

• 5+ years in security engineering, offensive security, or security architecture with hands-on experience in evaluating and deploying security tools
• Strong Linux administration skills (system hardening, service management, troubleshooting, network tuning, secure baseline implementation, service orchestration)
• Practical Cloud management know-how with CI/CD pipeline design and implementation experience
• Proven experience in running vendor evaluations, POCs, and selecting security platforms
• Solid understanding of offensive techniques and how those map to tooling capabilities and detection needs (MITRE ATT&CK)
• Good grasp of cloud architectures and operational concerns for hosting security tools
• Excellent stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, and technical skills
• Ability to translate technical tradeoffs into business decisions and produce clear pro/cons analyses
• Experience integrating tool outputs into SIEMs, engineering workflows, and other tools

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with SafeBreach/BloodHound/Microsoft EASM or other similar tools would be a plus

We Offer

• Attractive salary and benefits package
• Professional training and career growth opportunities

About the Company

Luxoft is a leading provider of software and digital solutions, dedicated to helping clients innovate and succeed in a rapidly changing world. Our team is composed of passionate professionals committed to delivering excellence in every project.

Contact Information

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Position: Security Architect - Advanced Threat Response

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Experience Level: Senior

Language: English (B2 Upper Intermediate)

Requisition Number: VR-124054