Vulnerability Management Security Engineer

Vulnerability Management Security Engineer - Barcelona - Permanent or Freelance Contract

For one of our top clients in Barcelona, we are looking for a Vulnerability Management Security Engineer to join a long-term project.

Responsibilities

• Perform internal penetration testing.
• Manage vulnerability processes.
• Detect, analyze, and propose solutions to remediate vulnerabilities.
• Develop automation across different areas.

Required Skills

• 5-8 years of experience as a Security Engineer, and 3-4 years of non-recent experience in Pentesting.
• Alternatively, 3-4 years of recent experience combining Pentesting and Security Engineering.
• Pentesting: experience with any tools is acceptable.
• Vulnerability Management: 3-4 years of experience.
• Experience in process automation.
• Experience in Threat Intelligence and Incident Response.
• Fluent English. Spanish is preferred.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS) and CI/CD (Secure Development Lifecycle) - nice to have.

Desired Skills

• Practical experience in threat modeling and translating models into mitigations and testable countermeasures.
• Hands-on experience implementing Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices (secure design reviews, coding standards, developer enablement).
• Practical incident response experience (IR playbooks, tabletop exercises, investigation coordination, post-incident remediation).
• Experience planning, executing, and evaluating internal penetration tests and red team exercises (scope definition, detection validation, retesting).
• Hands-on experience with supply chain and dependency management (SBOMs, automated dependency scanning, remediation workflows).
• Active participation in security communities or public vulnerability initiatives (bug bounty programs, CTFs, open-source contributions, CVEs, or Hall of Fame recognition).
• Relevant certifications or formal training in cybersecurity.

Position Details

• Location: Barcelona
• Start Date: ASAP
• Interview Process: 1 interview (30 minutes)
• Contract: Service contract or permanent contract with Huxley

If this opportunity aligns with your next career step, apply to this position and we will contact you immediately.