Security Engineer

About the role

Kredete, a financial technology company building cross-border payment infrastructure powered by stablecoins, is looking for a seasoned Security Engineer. You will protect its critical digital assets and infrastructure from evolving cyber threats, acting as the frontline defender by implementing security measures, hunting for vulnerabilities and responding quickly to incidents.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor security alerts from SIEM, EDR, firewalls and other security systems to detect and investigate malicious activity.
• Lead incident response, including containment, eradication and forensic analysis to find the root cause and prevent recurrence.
• Run regular vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on networks, applications and cloud environments.
• Configure, manage and optimise security infrastructure such as firewalls, WAF, IDS/IPS and endpoint protection tools.
• Write scripts (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate repetitive security tasks.
• Help implement and enforce IT security policies and controls, including compliance with standards such as ISO 27001 or the NDPA.
• Contribute to company-wide security training to build a culture of security awareness.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in a cybersecurity role such as Security Engineer, SOC Analyst or Network Security Administrator.
• Proven practical experience with core security tools, networking fundamentals and cloud security.
• Strong grasp of common cyber threats, attack vectors and vulnerability management lifecycles.
• Proactive problem-solver with good analytical skills, able to stay calm during incidents and explain security concepts to technical and non-technical colleagues.

Required skills

• Firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet), SIEM (Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel) and EDR (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne)
• TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs and network segmentation
• Cloud security, preferably AWS or Azure
• Windows and Linux administration
• Nice to have: CEH, CompTIA Security+, CySA+ or CISSP; Docker and Kubernetes; security audit participation

What we offer

• A chance to help shape the future of cross-border financial infrastructure.
• Small, high-performing teams with strong ownership and autonomy.
• Fast execution environment with meaningful career growth.
• Competitive compensation package.