Information Security Specialist

Mindera works with a variety of clients across the world to innovate and solve tough technical problems. Our security team enables Mindera to meet a variety of security standards and keep all Minders safe from the bad guys’ hands.

This role is focussed around Mindera’s internal needs, but occasionally you may have the opportunity to work with our clients too.

We operate using a self-organisation model, which means we value autonomy, collaboration and taking ownership of our responsibilities.

What you'll be up to:

• Strategic Contribution: Help shape our security strategies and roadmaps, ensuring they align with our business goals, and provide expert advice to support decision-making related to information security
• Risk Management: Identify and assess security risks across Mindera, and propose solutions to protect our assets and data.
• Policy and Compliance: Assist in reviewing and updating our security policies to meet current industry standards such as ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, DORA, GDPR, PCI/DSS and more.
• Vendor Management: Continually evaluate, through security assessments, and manage relationships with third-party vendors and service providers.
• Client Interaction: Be at the interface between Mindera and its clients, communicating our security posture and addressing their questions.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of solid experience in a similar role.

• Demonstrated ability to manage and mitigate security risks in a dynamic environment.
• Broad understanding of information security principles and practices.
• Familiarity with security controls and their implementation across various systems.
• Knowledge of risk management frameworks and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively share security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Autonomous, proactive with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Experience working in a collaborative environment and liaising with other parts of the organisation.
• Open to honest feedback and enthusiastic about self-improvement.

It would be cool if you have:

• Experience with data protection regulations and best practices for safeguarding sensitive information.
• Knowledge of cloud security (AWS and GCP).
• Understanding of compliance and audit processes.
• Knowledge of the ISO 27001:2022 standard and controls.

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first
• Flexible working hours
• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself
• Profit distribution for everyone
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan
• Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

• Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
• We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote from Portugal is also an option. Remote from other Countries will depend on your current location and Projects.
• At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
• Partnerships with local businesses

Most of all You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Check out our Blog and our Handbook!

Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil | Casablanca, Morocco