Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Viva.com is Europe’s first acquirer powering merchant payments acceptance across 24 countries and 1.165+ devices. With an ECB approved banking license and presence in 24 European markets, Viva.com’s Tap on Any Device technology for in-store payments, Smart Checkout payment gateway for online payments, and marketplace payment solution, help European businesses of any size to accept and manage payments how they want. All of Viva.com’s technology is built in-house over MS Azure, and is fully scalable, supporting any payment checkout journey.

Viva.com provides a seamless, conversion-boosting omnichannel payments platform, featuring acceptance of 40+ payment methods across 17 languages and 9 currencies. Viva.com’s ever-expanding financial services' suite includes value added features such as Real-Time Settlement; Offline Payments minimising chances of losing a sale; a Viva.com business debit card to manage corporate expenses, while reducing acceptance fees to as low as 0%; and Merchant Advance. 

The Team

The Cybersecurity team is designated with the development and implementation of Viva’s cybersecurity strategy and architecture. Furthermore, the team ensures the improvement of the company’s security posture through a cross functional role with other departments along with the enhancement of the overall cybersecurity capabilities.

The Role

As member of the Cybersecurity team, the cybersecurity engineer will participate in various security projects and is expected to be self-driven and work independently. The successful candidate will be delegated with different functions of security engineering, including cybersecurity architecture design, security solutions deployment as well as design and implementation of security measures and controls. Furthermore, it is expected to collaborate across multiple workstreams and roles in the Technology Group and coordinate different teams during the performance of his duties.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, monitor, and upgrade security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems, applications and networks;
• Coordinate and support technology functions in the implementation of technical measures to mitigate security risks and ensure network, systems, and application security;
• Participate in the development of cybersecurity architecture by providing basic architectural and engineering analysis along with supporting the integration of security solutions;
• Deployment, management, and maintenance of cybersecurity solutions;
• Perform security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and gaps and evaluate the effectiveness of security measures and controls;
• Develop, maintain, and publish certificate and asymmetric key management processes, procedures, and inventories;
• Perform certificate and key management throughout the defined lifecycle;
• Develop and maintain security standards and procedures for security operations;
• Ensure adherence to corporate security policies, procedures, and standards;
• Ensure secure and efficient operations by following design principles and leveraging SecOps methodologies.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer science, Information technology, Systems Engineering, or a related qualification related to the fields of cybersecurity and information technology;
• Minimum five (5) years of working experience in cybersecurity with responsibilities such as cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, and security assessments;
• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CySA+, etc. will be considered a plus;
• Experience in hands-on implementation of cybersecurity technologies;
• Knowledge and experience with cybersecurity solutions (MDM, EDR, SIEM, PAM, DLP);
• Experience with certificate and key management;
• Knowledge of core cryptographic concepts and principles including encryption, authentication, and asymmetric keys;
• Knowledge of security standards & frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI DSS);
• Excellent knowledge of Azure environment.

Other skills

• Excellent oral and written skills in English;
• Strong attention to detail with analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Critical thinking and organizational skills.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary (based on experience);
• Annual bonus based on your performance and targets’ achievement;
• Top of the Line tools and equipment;
• Private health insurance for you and your family;
• Career development and regular feedback to develop your skills;
• A chance to grow within a stable, fast-moving European Fintech Company/Neobank.