Senior Security Engineer

GWI
Athens, Greece
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with security expertise and a proactive mindset working in a hybrid environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 4+ years of security experience and a proactive approach to problem-solving
    — “4+ years of hands-on experience in security.”
  • Individuals who can document processes and contribute to certification efforts
    — “Help produce the operational evidence for our ISO certification by documenting what we monitor and what we do about it.”
  • Candidates with coding skills in Python or Golang and an interest in automation
    — “You can read code and write scripts to investigate findings and automate repetitive work (Python or Golang preferred).”

Things to consider

  • The role requires at least one day per week in the office in Athens.
    — “Hybrid, 1 day/week, or fully remote”
  • Candidates must be comfortable working in English throughout the recruitment process.
    — “All stages of the recruitment process will be conducted in English”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to take initiative and own projects in your resume and interviews.
    — “You can take initiative and potentially own projects from start to finish.”
  • Highlight your experience with security tooling and alert management.
    — “Monitor and triage alerts and logs across our security tools, and take operational action on findings rather than waiting for direction.”
  • Showcase your cross-functional collaboration experience, especially with IT, DevOps, and Legal.
    — “Drive decisions on alerts [...] working with IT, DevOps, Engineering and Legal.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • monitor and triage alerts
  • track vulnerabilities
  • produce operational evidence for ISO certification
  • drive decisions on alerts
  • contribute to team initiatives
Typical background
degree in Computer Science4+ years of hands-on security experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Computer Science BackgroundSecurity ExperienceCode Literacy

Preferred

Exposure To ISO 27001Cloud Provider ExperienceIT Or Devops Experience

Stack & domain

PythonGoComputer ScienceSecurityISO 27001AWSGCPAzureITDevOpsLeadershipCommunicationInitiativeCFACloud

About the role

Original posting from GWI via Greenhouse

📍 Location: Athens, Greece

🏢 Weekly office requirement: Hybrid, 1 day/week, or fully remote

💼 Employment type: Permanent

🪜 Seniority level: Mid-Senior

🌐 Language: All stages of the recruitment process will be conducted in English

At GWI we’re always looking for extraordinary people who thrive on making an extraordinary impact. Right now we’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to play a key role in our Security team in Athens. If that’s you, and making a difference gets you out of bed in the morning, keep reading. It could be the start of something, well, extraordinary.

As our Senior Security Engineer you’ll help keep our platform and our customers’ data safe by watching our security tooling closely and acting on what it tells us, as we work towards ISO certification. You’ll join a small security team where you can take initiative and potentially own projects from start to finish.

Sounds great, what will I be doing? 🤔

👉 Monitor and triage alerts and logs across our security tools, and take operational action on findings rather than waiting for direction.

👉 Track vulnerabilities end to end, keeping clear records of actions, owners and deadlines across teams.

👉 Help produce the operational evidence for our ISO certification by documenting what we monitor and what we do about it.

👉 Drive decisions on alerts, including web application firewall alerts, working with IT, DevOps, Engineering and Legal.

👉 Contribute to team initiatives, including automating repetitive security work.

What do I need to bring with me? 🧳

You’ll need to be able to demonstrate the core skills this role requires. You don’t have to tick all the boxes right away; the important thing is that you’re willing to learn. Here’s what the team will be looking for in you:

👉 Computer Science background: A degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

👉 Security experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience in security.

👉 Code literacy: You can read code and write scripts to investigate findings and automate repetitive work (Python or Golang preferred).

👉 Initiative and communication: You pick up findings without being asked, reply promptly, and join cross-team calls with confidence.

Nice to have:

👉 Exposure to ISO 27001 or security audits

👉 Experience with a cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure or similar)

👉 Exposure to IT or DevOps, and the security best practices that go with them

Equally important is attitude. We want people who think big (to make an impact), ask why (to find a better way), and show respect (to everyone, at every level, all the time). Those are our values, exemplified by our leadership team, and they’re a big part of what we’re looking for in you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 🫶

Diversity is fundamental to who we are—as a data company and as a workplace. Our data reflects global realities, and so must our teams. We strive to build a workforce as diverse and inclusive as the insights we deliver.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates and are committed to making adjustments throughout the hiring process—whether that's extra time, materials in advance or a different format, breaks, an adjusted interview format, assistive tools, or flexible scheduling. We're happy to discuss whatever would work best for you.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and marginalised communities.

At GWI, you'll find a place to contribute meaningfully, grow professionally, and belong fully.

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Source: GWI careers (Greenhouse)

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