Systems Security Engineer

🔐 Security Engineer – Deep Tech Start-up | Paris

📍 Location: Paris (Hybrid)
🕒 Type: Full-time, Permanent
💰 Salary: up to €70,000

A cutting-edge quantum computing start-up in Paris is looking for a Security Engineer to safeguard its internal systems and help scale its secure IT environment. Backed by a recent €18 million investment, this venture is pioneering a novel approach to quantum processing by combining advanced materials science with semiconductor technology — with the goal of solving problems far beyond the reach of today's supercomputers.

🔧 Your Role

You’ll work cross-functionally to:

• Lead and evolve internal information security practices

• Support compliance efforts and client security questionnaires

• Oversee risk assessments, vulnerability management & penetration testing

• Run internal IT infrastructure — ensuring secure, reliable systems (VPN, networks, endpoints)

• Deliver phishing simulations, training, and BCP/DRP support

• Shape long-term security posture in tandem with R&D and software teams

✅ What You Bring

• 3+ years in IT security or internal systems management

• Knowledge of ISO 27001/27002 and risk frameworks

• Experience managing internal networks, endpoints, and infrastructure

• (Bonus) CISSP, CISM, or IT management certifications (ITIL, etc.)

• Fluent in English and French

🚀 Why Join?

• Be part of a 50-person team solving frontier challenges in quantum hardware

• Contribute to breakthrough results in a secure, research-led environment

• Work in a collaborative, excellence-driven culture based in the Latin Quarter

• Thrive at the intersection of quantum science, semiconductors, and cybersecurity

Curious?
Apply in confidence to explore a role where security meets the future of computing.