Cyber Security Engineer – Junior/Entry Level
watchTowr
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Offensive Security Innovation: contribute to R&D projects that push the limits of offensive security, replicating adversary tactics at scale, helping to uncover vulnerabilities and provide actionable insights.
- Scalable Engineering: support the design and implementation of cloud-based infrastructure that underpins our offensive security tooling, learning how to build systems that operate at internet-wide scale.
- Cloud-Driven Engineering: work with cloud-native services to help develop resilient, big data solutions that forms part of our offensive security & data processing capabilities.
- Data Pipeline Development: assist in building and maintaining robust data pipelines that seamlessly process attack surface & offensive security data, delivering real-time insights to enhance our Red Team capabilities.
Requirements
- Offensive Security Foundations: exposure to offensive security concepts, tooling, or labs, with a strong interest in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
- Cloud Fundamentals: some experience or familiarity with cloud platforms and distributed systems.
- Curiosity and Problem Solving: a desire to learn, experiment, and tackle complex technical problems.
- Networking and Security Fundamentals: a solid understanding of core networking concepts, with an interest in how vulnerabilities can be exploited in real-world environments.
- Programming Skills: experience in Python, Go, or similar languages, with a strong emphasis on building scalable, maintainable code.
- Extracurricular Engagement: evidence of active interest in cyber security outside of formal study, such as participation in CTFs, security clubs/societies, hackathons, open-source projects, labs, or personal research projects.
- Relevant Academic Background: currently in the final year of, or a recent graduate from, a degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cyber Security, or a closely related technical discipline.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation - we believe that hard work, skills and ambition should be fairly compensated.
- Meaningful role in a company - You will be a key and early contributor to a fast-growing cybersecurity business that helps protect some of the world's largest enterprises.
- The best tools and powerful kit - we enable you with the tools to effectively fulfil your role.
- Endless opportunities – we are in a high-growth phase of our journey, and plan to promote from within as we scale.
- Work with cyber security experts – we are solving cutting-edge industry-wide cyber security challenges with some of the world’s most advanced organisations.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonGocloud-native servicesdata pipeline developmentoffensive security toolingbig data solutionsscalable engineeringvulnerability assessmentadversary tacticsnetworking concepts
Soft Skills
curiosityproblem solvingdesire to learnexperimentationtackling complex problems