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# Security Engineer

- **Company:** Namespace Labs
- **Location:** Lavamünd, Austria
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Intrusion Detection Systems, Network Security, Software Vulnerability Management, Firewalls (Computer Science), Build Management, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.studentjob.at/stellenangebote/8630854-security-engineer

## About the Role

We're looking for people with grit-people who push through ambiguity, take ownership, and keep going when things get hard. You're deeply curious, driven to understand how things work and how they can be improved. Most importantly, you have a strong bias to execution: you don't wait for perfect conditions, you ship, learn, and iterate quickly. If you care about building, moving fast, and making real impact, you'll fit right in., * Strong security engineering fundamentals, with hands-on experience securing production infrastructure, systems, and networks

 * Experience with network security, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, vulnerability management, and threat detection and response
 * Ability to identify security risks and translate them into pragmatic technical solutions
 * Strong understanding of security best practices across modern cloud and infrastructure environments
 * Ability to work closely with engineering and operations teams and embed security into existing systems and workflows
 * Bias toward execution and ownership, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment

## Description

As a Security Engineer at Namespace, you'll own and strengthen security across our systems, network, and infrastructure. You'll work closely with engineering and operations to identify vulnerabilities, build security measures and best practices, and ensure security is embedded into how we build and operate., * Design and build novel firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) to fortify our servers, networks, and systems

 * Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments, evaluating technologies and core systems for weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities
 * Develop security measures to quickly detect and respond to real-time threats and vulnerabilities
 * Develop security-first guidelines and best practices for the entire organization to follow
 * Work closely with operations, developers, and other stakeholders to build and maintain a one-team approach to security
 * Support the sales team with security questionnaires and technical security requirements from customers


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