Redwire Defense Tech Careers

Description

• Use cyber defense tools to continuously monitor and analyze systems in order to identify malicious activity.
• Provide timely detection, identification, and alerts for potential attacks, intrusions, anomalous or misuse activities, and distinguish these events from benign behavior.
• Lead incident response and coordinate incident handling across business stakeholders.
• Run regular vulnerability scans and collaborate with Infrastructure and Application teams to prioritize remediation.
• Maintain and manage security policies and tools (EDR, email security, firewall, IDS/IPS), tune detections, reduce false positives, and improve prevention coverage.
• Support threat hunting activities and purple team exercises through detection engineering.
• Map operational security controls to frameworks (NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53 & 800-171, ISO 27001) and regulatory requirements (EU NIS2, SOX).
• Perform internal security control testing.
• Support audits, risk assessments, vendor security reviews, and security aspects of migrations.
• Ensure accurate security reporting and maintain relevant security KPIs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security operations (SOC), or information security roles.
• Hands-on experience with security monitoring and detection tools such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, and email security platforms.
• Experience with incident detection, response, and investigation in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with vulnerability management tools and vulnerability remediation processes.
• Understanding of network security, operating systems (Windows/Linux), and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, and ISO 27001.
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements such as EU NIS2 or SOX.
• Experience supporting security audits, risk assessments, and internal control testing.
• Familiarity with threat hunting, detection engineering, and purple team activities is a plus.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, CEH, or GIAC are an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and incident response skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in Latvian and English.

• Modern production facility with cutting-edge equipment and a dynamic work environment.
• Salary 3000-3500EUR gross per month depending on experience.
• Health and children accident insurance, after probation time.
• Accident insurance from first day.
• Annual bonus program based on performance.
• Yearly salary review.
• Financial support in special life situations.
• Free parking and company shuttle bus Jelgava–Rīga–Jelgava.