Security Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Security Engineer to join our global security operations team. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in cloud security, SOC operations, and threat hunting. You'll work closely with our global team to strengthen detection capabilities, investigate threats, and support secure operations across the enterprise., * Monitor and respond to security alerts across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Investigate and triage security incidents, escalating as needed.
• Assist in tuning and optimizing detection rules across SIEM, EDR, and DLP platforms.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting based on behavioral anomalies, threat intelligence, and environmental context.
• Support the deployment and configuration of security tools, including DLP, endpoint protection, and cloud security controls.
• Collaborate with global SOC and engineering teams to improve threat visibility and response workflows.
• Contribute to documentation and playbook development for incident response and detection logic.

• 5+ years of experience in security operations, SOC, or incident response.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).
• Familiarity with SIEM tools (e.g., Sentinel, Splunk, Rapid7), EDR platforms, CSPM, and DLP technologies.
• Strong understanding of security fundamentals, attacker TTPs, and detection engineering.
• Experience with threat hunting methodologies and behavioral analytics.
• Experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell) is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a global, collaborative environment.
• Fluent in English and communicative in Spanish.
• Willing to travel approximately 10-20% (to the office in Barcelona)

• Flexible working hours
• 23 days off + 2 days extra (we all will have 2 days off on 24th and 31st of December based on the collective agreement)
• Specialty coffee, tea and table tennis at the office
• Opportunity to grow in a fast-paced international company
• Young and dynamic work environment

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing-improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications-from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing. Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.