We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Specialist to join our Cybersecurity team for a consultancy project with a large Turkish enterprise. The role involves implementing security operations practices, including incident and vulnerability management. Responsibilities include evaluating business needs and risks, defining mitigation measures, monitoring security events, conducting incident response and risk assessments, developing security documentation, maintaining security systems (firewalls, IDS, antivirus), collaborating with other teams, and implementing secure application development practices. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in SOC, information security, and IT, with a strong understanding of enterprise technologies, security tooling, application architecture (microservices/cloud), and threat landscapes. Fluency in Turkish is mandatory.
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We seek a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Specialist to join our Cybersecurity team. The Cybersecurity specialist will take part in a consultancy project for a big Turkish enterprise related to implementation of security operations practices (incident management, vulnerability management, etc). The ideal candidate will have experience in cybersecurity operations and a passion for various security domains (network, application, data, etc).
Duties:
Evaluate customer business needs and understand the related risks.
Define the measures and processes to mitigate customer risks, including
Monitor security events and alerts from multiple sources, including SIEM and other security tools
Analyze and investigate security incidents and events to determine the root cause
Conduct risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats
Participate in incident response activities, including triage, containment, and remediation
Develop and maintain security documentation, procedures, and guidelines
Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
Monitor and maintain security systems and technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus software
Collaborate with other teams to ensure the organization's systems and infrastructure security
Implement secure application development practices.
Knowledge and Experience:
4+ years experience in SOC, information security management team, blue team or similar
7+ years of experience in the IT industry
Solid understanding of enterprise technologies and security tooling landscape
Understanding of standard security practices, like incident management, vulnerability management, etc.
Knowledge of modern application architecture (microservices/cloud / asynchronous communication) and threat landscape
Ability to read application code including CI/CD configurations + Some scripting skills is a great plus
General knowledge of application vulnerabilities and related issues
Professional certifications, such as CISSP, OSCP, CEH, and others are a plus
Personal Attributes:
Fluent in the Turkish language
Quick starter and learner
Readiness to research, investigate, and adjust to customer needs
Intuition and keen instincts to pre-empt attacks
High level of analytical and problem-solving abilities
Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills (English)
Ideally knowledge of cybersecurity tooling:
Endpoint protection toolset (MS Defender)
Familiarity with monitoring tools and SIEM solutions (QRadar, Azure Sentinel)
Network and vulnerability scanners (Qualys)
Cloud experience (Azure)
Experience with BurpSuite is a big plus
We offer:
Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Personalized career growth
Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing