Cybersecurity Engineer

Xensam: Join the Future of SAM

Xensam is the leader in AI-powered, cloud-based Software Asset Management. Our technology brings clarity to complex IT environments, helping users make smart, data-driven decisions and maximize software ROI.

Recognized with the Highest Growth Award and ranked #3 Overall Champion at the Main Software 50 Awards Nordics, we’re scaling fast and looking for people who want to join the journey. At Xensam, you play a key role in a team built on energy, focus, and positivity. We value experience, but even more, the person behind it.

Together, we build the future of SAM.

About The Role

About the role As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will be responsible for strengthening and protecting the organization’s security foundation. You will design and implement security controls, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure that critical systems remain resilient against evolving threats. This role blends hands-on technical work with strategic guidance, supporting teams across the organization in building and maintaining secure architectures and workflows. Your expertise will help drive strong security practices, improve defenses, and uphold a reliable and secure operational environment.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will develop and maintain the security controls that protect the organization’s systems, infrastructure, and data. You will monitor for threats, address vulnerabilities, and ensure that risks are identified and mitigated effectively. You’ll lead the investigation and management of security incidents, driving timely remediation and long-term improvements. Collaboration with engineering and operations teams will be essential, helping embed secure practices into architectures, workflows, and deployments. You will also contribute to security automation, maintain clear documentation, and support the adoption of strong and consistent security standards across the organization. You will be working with supporting Sales in customer meetings, acting as a cybersecurity authority, and overseeing certifications and platform audits.

Qualifications

Core experience

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, application security, or security engineering
• Experience working with vulnerabilities in complex environments (cloud, infrastructure, or applications)
• Strong understanding of common vulnerability classes and attack techniques (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
• Ability to assess risk and make pragmatic security decisions in a business context
  
  

Vulnerability management & ownership

• Proven experience owning and driving a vulnerability management process end-to-end
• Strong ability to prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, exploitability, and business impact
• Ability to define and improve processes, tooling, and workflows for vulnerability handling
  
  

Developer & business collaboration

• Acts as a trusted security partner for developers, supporting secure design and remediation
• Ability to support sales and customer-facing teams with security-related questions, questionnaires, and discussions
• Strong ability to translate technical findings into clear, business-relevant language
  
  

Cloud, infrastructure, and AppSec

• Experience securing cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and on-prem environments with modern architectures
• Understanding of secure development practices, SDLC, and DevSecOps
• Familiarity with application security concepts and mitigation strategies
• Experience with threat modeling or security reviews is a plus
  
  

Security operations & incident support

• Understanding of security tooling such as vulnerability scanners, SIEM, or EDR/XDR
• Ability to support incident investigations by analyzing logs, identifying root cause, and contributing to remediation actions
• Experience helping drive improvements based on incidents and identified gaps
  
  

Nice to have

• Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS, or similar
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, GIAC)
  
  

What You Get

• A generous work culture with free drinks and snacks, office massages, and more.
• Three days in-office (with remote work on Mondays and Fridays).
• An opportunity to shape your career growth while contributing to the company’s success.
• A dynamic position embracing "freedom under responsibility".
• If sales targets are met, all employees enjoy an annual destination trip.
• Other location-specific benefits.
  
  

Our values at Xensam

Rebellious

We challenge the norm and act with initiative – always with responsibility.

Humane

We foster a caring, inclusive environment that values diversity and respects individuality.

Harmony

We value balance and create a supportive workplace where people thrive.

As part of our recruitment process, we conduct background checks on final candidates to fulfill our commitments to customers and ensure a safe work environment.

Xensam is the leading provider of AI-powered Software Asset Management technology. Designed to provide SAM Managers and IT Leaders with valuable data, our platform offers a wealth of features to simplify SAM workloads with built-in automation and advanced functionality. We prioritize ease of use and industry-leading security for both On-premise and Cloud software, putting organizations in total control of their hybrid IT environments.