Cyber Security Engineer (Vulnerability Management & SecOperations)Solaris SE · Berlin, Germany

Cyber Security Engineer (Vulnerability Management & SecOperations)

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-01 Berlin, Germany Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary 60 EUR–80 EUR/mo (720 EUR–960 EUR/yr) 📊 Market 4,500 EUR–6,500 EUR/mo

About the Company

Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Solaris' full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners - from SMEs to large, multinational, non-financial companies - to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services, providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

Responsibilities

  • ● Conduct regular security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability management to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats.
  • ● Develop and maintain security policies, procedures and standards specific to fintech and digital financial services.
  • ● Provide guidance and training to other engineers and staff on security best practices and industry trends.
  • ● Collaborate with stakeholders to incorporate security considerations in the development and deployment of new financial services and systems.
  • ● Lead incident investigations related to digital financial services and financial data breaches and provide reports to management.
  • ● Research and stay current on industry security trends and technologies specific to fintech and digital financial services.
  • ● Ensure compliance with relevant financial data protection regulations and standards.
  • ● Provide oversight and guidance to other security team members to ensure they are meeting their responsibilities related to the protection of financial data in digital systems.
  • ● Contribute to incident response and disaster recovery planning and execution.
  • ● Owners of this function make sure, that they follow the defined Policies & Procedures for the institution (which includes explicit processes defined for Tech, which are properly defined in the respective confluence spaces).
  • ● Take ownership of the tech responsibilities as described in our Change Management Policies.

Requirements

  • ● A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity or equivalent professional experience.
  • ● You have spent 2+ years in Cybersecurity or Software Engineering roles in a high-growth environment.
  • ● Has proven experience within our core tech stack.
  • ● Understands agile workflows and lean principles.
  • ● Business proficient written and spoken English. German language skills is a plus.
  • ● Proactive team player who actively drives the growth of those around you. With a structured, hands-on approach and genuine curiosity, you're a constant learner who openly shares knowledge with the team.
  • ● Creative and self-reflective, and you bring an agile mindset to everything you do.

Benefits

  • ● Home office budget.
  • ● Learning & development budget of 1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
  • ● Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
  • ● Monthly meal allowance.
  • ● Deutschland ticket subsidy.
  • ● 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
  • ● Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.