Sr. Cyber Defence Engineer

Job Description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

The Senior Cyber Defense Engineer strengthens Vodafone’s cyber resilience by identifying, prioritizing, and reducing security risks across systems, applications, and platforms. This role combines vulnerability management, penetration testing coordination, and incident response, ensuring effective risk visibility, remediation, and alignment with business priorities. You will act as a local SPOC for Cyber Defense activities, working closely with Global teams and stakeholders in a large and evolving environment.

More specifically you will:

• Own and drive the end-to-end vulnerability management lifecycle (scanning, triage, remediation tracking, and trend analysis), ensuring timely, risk-based resolution across all environments
• Coordinate penetration testing activities end-to-end and ensure actionable results
• Act as the main local contact for incident response, working with global cyber defense teams and supporting investigations, root cause analysis and post-incident improvements
• Perform proactive threat hunting across SIEM and EDR/XDR tools, leveraging threat intelligence to detect anomalies and strengthen detection use cases
• Drive security process improvement and automation, optimizing workflows, controls, and tooling to strengthen visibility and overall cyber defense readiness

Who you are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience in cyber security, with focus on vulnerability management, incident response, or security operations
• Relevant certifications such as OSCP, CISSP, CISM, and SC-200 are considered a plus
• Strong understanding of security risks, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques
• Able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Award-winning work environment -certified #1 Top Employer in Greece
• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
• Private Health & Medical Insurance
• Hybrid way of working: a blend of remote and office-based working, including the option to work from abroad
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual
  orientation or length of service
• Spirit of Vodafone Day: one day each quarter dedicated to your personal development
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
• Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
• Special employee offers and discounts

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.