SD Worx Group
Group Cybersecurity Engineer (Expert Seniority Level)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Ebene, MU
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Recognized security certifications or clear ambition to obtain them.
- Scripting and automation skills to improve security efficiency and scalability.
- Demonstrated drive to shape secure engineering practices and influence beyond own technical scope.
- Comfortable operating autonomously and communicating with confidence at senior level.
- Experience or strong interest in applying AI or machine‑learning techniques to security operations, detection engineering, vulnerability analysis or automation.
Full description
SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life and turn HR into a value source for our clients and their people.
Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?
About the role:
The Group Cybersecurity Engineer (expert seniority level) role at SD Worx is a senior, hands-on cybersecurity position focused on protecting the company's global IT environment while enabling business growth. The role combines security engineering, vulnerability management, incident response, strategic advisory, process improvement, and stakeholder influence.
Which tasks can you expect?Security Engineering & Operational Excellence
- Conduct security reviews, threat assessments, and risk analyses.
- Improve security controls across cloud, infrastructure, and workplace technologies.
- Enhance monitoring, detection, and response capabilities (SIEM, XDR, IDS/IPS, IAM, hardening).
- Lead vulnerability management, prioritizing risks based on business impact, exploitability, and threat intelligence rather than CVSS scores alone.
- Support major incident investigations and forensic activities.
- Participate in on-call escalation support.
Process Improvement & Governance
- Redesign and optimize security processes across teams and countries.
- Ensure compliance with security standards and frameworks (ISO, CIS, SD Worx policies).
- Define SOPs, SOC playbooks, and scalable security engineering practices.
- Promote secure-by-design principles across IT and application teams.
- Automate security operations using AI.
Innovation & Strategic Advisory
- Monitor emerging threats, technologies, AI capabilities, and regulations.
- Translate external developments into practical security improvements.
- Advise strategic business and IT initiatives.
- Introduce AI-assisted security capabilities to improve threat analysis, vulnerability prioritization, and incident response while keeping human oversight.
Influence & Leadership
- Build relationships with senior stakeholders and international teams.
- Act as a trusted advisor on complex security topics.
- Represent Security in cross-country forums and external events.
- Drive knowledge sharing and security maturity throughout the organization.