Head of Information Security

Head of Information Security at Scorewarrior, Cyprus with relocation support. Salary €9,000–12,000. 8+ years security experience, English B1. Build IAM, AppSec, AI guardrails, team.

• Build a viable security system across the core domains: IAM (access management, MFA, SSO), infrastructure security (cloud, services, network), foundational SDLC/AppSec (security in the development process and in the code), and the processes and training around them. Start with a proper diagnosis of the landscape and design the system for this company. • Own security risks and communicate in business language with the CTO and CEO — risk, cost, and priorities; and in technology language with developers and infrastructure teams — architecture, trade-offs, and practical solutions. • Make the right build-vs-buy calls: know when a problem needs a tool, when a simpler method will do, and when the problem is in habits and mindsets rather than tooling. • Introduce security as a partner, not a blocker: embed baseline practices so smoothly that teams barely notice them; inform, help when asked, and don't push when it's not the team's priority. • Define how AI tools are used safely: own the policy and guardrails for company-wide adoption of AI tools — what data can go where and how teams can use them productively without creating new risks. • Build the team: hire the first security engineers deliberately and grow the function as the company's needs grow.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in security — real projects you designed, implemented, and stayed around long enough to see working. At the interview, we'll ask about specific cases, decisions, and their consequences — not about frameworks in theory. • A background that gave you real systems experience. Two paths work equally well: a stable security engineering career from university onwards, or a transition into security from system administration, technical support, or network engineering. You understand infrastructure and architecture from the inside, not from diagrams. • Proven experience hiring and building a team — even a small one (2+ people). You can explain who you hired, why them, and how the team was structured around the actual problems. • Experience building a security function, not just running one. You've taken security in an organization from an unclear state to a working system: assessed the landscape, set priorities, chose what to implement and what to skip — and can show what changed as a result. • Strong awareness of the security product market. You can tell when a problem needs a tool, when a simpler method will do, and when the problem is in habits rather than tooling — and you have real examples of each call. • A partner's operating style. You work through engineering teams, not above them: no separate authority demands, no blocking by default. Your practices get adopted because they make sense, not because they're mandatory.

Location: Cyprus (relocation support) Salary: €9,000–12,000 Experience: 8 years Language: English B1 — Intermediate Office work