IT Infrastructure – Security / Hardening / SIEM

The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), and the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) are international research institutes dedicated to excellent curiosity-driven research in molecular biology. The institutes are located at the Vienna BioCenter, one of Europe's leading life sciences hubs, bringing together research institutes, universities and biotech companies in Vienna. Join the IT department as 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Your profile

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

What we offer

• 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
• Working language: English (German is a plus, but not required)
• 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.

Interested? Apply via the link below with just your CV and motivation letter:

https://imba.onlyfy.jobs/application/de/apply/j7wupimvepom97ij097euk9iw0fw5qo

Application deadline: end of September 2026 Start date: as soon as possible, ideally by October 2026

IMBA - Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie GmbH Alexander Hrncir Dr.-Bohr-Gasse 3 A-1030 Wien

www.imba.oeaw.ac.at; www.oeaw.ac.at; www.viennabiocenter.org