Vitol

Energy

CyberSecurityEngineer

$115–155k ~AI est. Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Cyber Security Engineer at Vitol. Skills: Offensive security, Incident response, Red teaming, Security architecture. Design security architecture. Implement security architecture”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce mean time to detect; Reduce mean time to respond

Industry & Context.

Energy
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

Work extended hours, Work independently

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years cybersecurity experience, 3+ years offensive security, 3+ years incident response, Experience operating red team, Experience penetration testing, Experience with Burp Suite, Experience with BloodHound, Experience with C2 frameworks, Experience with CrowdStrike Falcon, Experience with Microsoft Defender, Experience with evasion techniques, Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Experience with KQL rules, Experience with SOAR playbooks, Experience with AI/LLM tooling, Knowledge of Active Directory, Knowledge of Windows internals, Knowledge of Linux internals, Knowledge of enterprise network protocols, Experience with scripting, Experience with automation, Experience with cloud environments

Nice to Have

OSCP certification, OSEP certification, OSED certification, CRTO certification, Equivalent offensive certifications, Experience with Azure

What You'll Do.

Design security architecture

Implement security architecture

Maintain security architecture

Monitor security incidents

Detect security incidents

Triage security incidents

Respond to security incidents

Own incident lifecycle

Operate Microsoft Sentinel

Tune Microsoft Sentinel

Build detection rules

Build analytic queries

Build automated playbooks

Design Red Team engagements

Plan Red Team engagements

Execute Red Team engagements

Improve Red Team infrastructure

Maintain Red Team infrastructure

Operate AI/LLM tooling

Evaluate AI/LLM tooling

Conduct offensive assessments

Perform threat hunting

Refine threat hunt hypotheses

Implement IAM solutions

Develop security documentation

Maintain security documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with product team

Communication Scope

Lessons-learned reports

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Vitol is an energy and commodities company with revenues of $331 billion in 2024; its primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally – it trades over seven million barrels per day of crude oil and products and, at any time, has 250 ships transporting its cargoes. Vitol’s clients include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves clients from some 40 offices worldwide and is invested in energy assets globally including 24mM3 of storage, 850kbpd of refining capacity, and 10,000 service stations. To date, we have committed over $2.5 billion of capital to renewable projects and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world. * Design, implement, and maintain security architecture for on-premises environments. * Monitor, detect, triage, and respond to security incidents and alerts end-to-end, providing L2 and L3 support; own the incident lifecycle from initial detection through containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review. * Operate and tune Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR) — build detection rules, analytic queries, and automated playbooks to reduce mean time to detect and respond. * Leverage Varonis for data access governance, insider threat detection, and abnormal behaviour alerting across file systems and cloud storage. * Design, plan, and execute internal Red Team engagements — including scoping, rules of engagement, adversary simulation, and structured debrief — to validate defensive controls and identify gaps before real attackers do. Improve and maintain the Red Team Infrastructure aligned with the current threat landscape * Operate AI/LLM-powered penetration testing tooling against Vitol's own infrastructure as part of the Red Team program, evaluating its effectiveness and contributing findings to the wider security roadmap. * Conduct offensive security assessments using industry-standard tools including B

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