The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) is a leading European biomedical research institute focused on functional genomics and stem cell technologies. Located at the Vienna BioCenter, IMBA is part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The Vienna BioCenter is one of Europe's leading life sciences hubs, bringing together research institutes, universities and biotech companies in Vienna. IMBA is seeking an

Infrastructure Security Engineer (Security / Hardening / SIEM)

to drive security improvements across its infrastructure. The role works across platforms and services to strengthen the institute's security posture, with a focus on hardening, security monitoring and SIEM, vulnerability follow-up, and the ongoing development of operational security standards. The role suits someone who likes working broadly across infrastructure, cloud, platforms, and services rather than being tied to a single technology stack.

• Drive and coordinate infrastructure security initiatives across the environment
• Develop and maintain hardening standards and operational security baselines
• Support vulnerability follow-up, remediation tracking, and prioritization
• Own SIEM topics such as log onboarding, visibility, alerting, and use case development
• Support security monitoring, detection, and incident triage
• Review infrastructure patterns, services, and technical changes from a security angle
• Work with infrastructure and application teams to put practical security improvements in place
• Help strengthen security across Linux, containers, cloud, identity, and services

Required:

• Experience in infrastructure, platform, or operational security
• Good understanding of hardening across Linux, cloud, or hybrid environments
• Experience with SIEM, logging, alerting, or detection engineering
• Experience with vulnerability management and remediation
• Strong analytical skills, able to work across teams and technical domains
• Pragmatic, structured approach to security improvements
• Good communication skills, able to translate security requirements into concrete measures

Preferred:

• Experience with container, Kubernetes, or OpenShift security
• Familiarity with identity and access security
• Experience with incident handling or security operations
• Experience with compliance-oriented baselines and controls
• Experience in a mixed on-prem and cloud environment

• A collaborative and international working environment at the Vienna BioCenter. Modern infrastructure and access to a strong scientific and administrative campus network.
• Flexible choice of work equipment
• Strong support for professional development
• Flexible working hours & up to 2 days of home office per week
• Cafeteria, on-site kindergarten, public transport subsidy (Jobticket), and much more
• An annual gross salary starting from € 65,000 (approx. € 4,643 gross per month, paid 14 times a year), with a willingness to pay more depending on your professional qualification and experience.