Senior Software Cyber Security Developer
What you will do: The Senior Software Cyber Security Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust software solutions for industrial applications, with a focus on low‑level communication and integration with hardware devices. The role requires strong analytical skills, autonomy, and the ability to work collaboratively within an Agile team.
- Develop and maintain software following secure coding practices and SSDLC principles.
- Perform root cause analysis of security vulnerabilities, software defects and field issues.
- Design, develop, test and validate security patches, mitigations and temporary workarounds for identified vulnerabilities.
- Manage the vulnerability lifecycle, including identification, assessment, prioritization, remediation and verification activities.
- Analyze CVEs, security advisories and vulnerability disclosures to evaluate potential impact on company products.
- Assess and prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS scoring methodologies and risk‑based approaches.
- Participate in threat modelling activities during product design and development phases.
- Support emergency response activities, including development and deployment of hot fixes for critical security issues.
- Collaborate with QA and cybersecurity teams to validate remediation effectiveness and prevent vulnerability recurrence.
- Manage source code versioning, branching strategies and release processes using Git‑based workflows.
- Contribute to secure architecture reviews and software security improvement initiatives.
- Document security findings, remediation activities, risk assessments and technical decisions.
Key Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering (Electrical, Electronic, Biomedical, Telecommunications, Automation) or related field.
- At least 6 years of professional experience in software development, software maintenance or cybersecurity‑related software engineering roles.
- Strong knowledge of secure coding practices and common software vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE).
- Experience developing, testing and deploying security patches, mitigations and emergency hot fixes.
- Proven experience performing root cause analysis and corrective action definition.
- Knowledge of vulnerability management processes and vulnerability lifecycle management.
- Understanding of CVE and CVSS and ability to read, interpret and assess security advisories, vulnerability disclosures and vendor bulletins.
- Experience with source code management, branching strategies and release management using Git, Bitbucket or similar tools.
- Familiarity with threat modelling methodologies and risk assessment techniques.
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments with CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid experience in object‑oriented programming (Delphi/Object Pascal with RAD preferred, C++, C#).
- Proven experience with industrial communication protocols (Modbus RTU/TCP), TCP/IP socket programming, OPC, and serial interfaces (RS485).
- Experience with database management (SQL/NoSQL; Embarcadero and/or PostgreSQL is a plus).
- Familiarity with unit testing frameworks (DUnit, TestInsight or similar).
Nice to Have
- Experience reviewing public security advisories and CVE disclosures.
- Contribution to or collaboration with open‑source projects and communities.
- Familiarity with coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes.
- Knowledge of vulnerability databases such as NVD, MITRE CVE and CISA advisories.
- Experience interacting with external security researchers or product security incident response teams (PSIRT).
- Security certifications or specialized security training.
Additional Experience
- Experience or knowledge in machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn).
- Ability to design and implement basic machine learning models for industrial data analysis or predictive maintenance.
- Familiarity with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques.
- Understanding of how to integrate machine learning components into existing software architectures.
- Interest in exploring AI‑driven solutions for industrial automation and process optimisation.
- Experience in networking and related protocols.
- Experience with virtual machine technologies (VMware, Docker).
- Experience in domain management (LDAP).
Benefits
We offer a permanent contract with a competitive salary package in the range of €50,000 – €60,000 gross annual salary, based on experience and seniority, along with a diverse range of benefits designed to support our employees' physical and emotional well‑being.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Particle Measuring Systems is an equal opportunity employer, offering a safe and inclusive work environment, based on mutual respect and the appreciation of uniqueness, guaranteeing equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates to unleash their full potential.
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