IT Security Engineer

Company Overview

Blue Water Shipping is a global logistics company founded in Denmark in 1972, delivering tailor-made supply chain solutions through a worldwide team of dedicated professionals.

As part of our digital transformation, we are strengthening our cybersecurity capabilities and looking for a hands-on IT Security Engineer to help protect our business and support compliance with regulations such as NIS2 and CER.

The Role

As an IT Security Engineer, you will operate, improve, and scale our security capabilities, with a strong focus on the Microsoft security ecosystem.

You will serve as the technical backbone of the security function, working across the security team, Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, and product teams to improve detections, response, and the effective use of our security tooling.

Key Responsibilities

This is an important and challenging rule. Your key responsibilities are:

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security incidents across endpoints, identity, and cloud environments

• Improve detections, reduce false positives, and maintain effective incident response playbooks

• Operate and enhance our Microsoft security stack, including Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, and Purview

• Expand logging, monitoring, alerting, and automation across the environment

• Implement and maintain security controls, baselines, hardening standards, and vulnerability remediation activities

• Strengthen identity security and governance in Entra ID, including Conditional Access, RBAC, and lifecycle processes

• Contribute to the secure design and implementation of IT solutions, integrations, and Azure cloud initiatives

• Embed security-by-design principles and collaborate across Security, Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, and product teams

Your Background

We are looking for a profile with experience in a hands-on cybersecurity engineering or operations role. We are looking for the following:

• Strong experience with the Microsoft security ecosystem, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

• Experience in security operations, incident response, and monitoring

• Solid understanding of endpoint and identity security, Cloud security (Azure preferred) and vulnerability management

• Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, or CIS

• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., NIS2, GDPR) is an advantage

• Scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, Python, etc.) are desirable

Personal Attributes

• Hands-on, pragmatic, and delivery-focused

• Comfortable operating across multiple areas of security in a small, high-impact team

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize effectively

• Clear communicator, able to translate technical issues into business impact

• Proactive, curious, and committed to continuous improvement

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

What We Offer

• A role in building and maturing a modern security capability

• Hands-on ownership of security tooling, detection, and response improvements

• Opportunity to shape and scale security operations in a growing organization

• A collaborative and flexible working environment focused on impact and development

• Hybrid work model, with 3 days weekly in a BWS office in either Denmark or Gdansk

Contact

For more information, contact Alex H. Clausen, CIO.