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Security Engineer
Build the defences, not just test them
€55k–€115k Demand: Very high
What the work is really like
Security engineers design and build the systems that keep attackers out — secure architectures, detection pipelines, safer defaults. Where cybersecurity analysis meets real engineering.
1Reviewing a new feature's design for security holes
2Building automated checks that catch secrets in code
3Hardening the authentication flow against takeover
4Investigating a suspicious pattern in the logs
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Skills to develop
Application security
Cryptography basics
Secure coding
Threat modelling
Cloud security
Detection engineering
Estimated to job-ready: ~6 months of focused effort.
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