Job Description

Information Security Operations Engineer – Endpoint Protection

Essity is a global, leading hygiene and health company. Every day, our products, solutions and services are used by a billion people around the world. Our purpose is to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, caregivers, customers and society. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa. In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at essity.com

It’s an exciting time to be part of our collaborative inclusive team. Come and join our Information Security team on our journey to improve the well-being of millions. Together we can make a difference!

About the role:

At Essity, cybersecurity plays a critical role in enabling our business and protecting our digital environment. As an Information Security Engineer, you will be part of our Cyber Defense Center, helping to enhance and maintain endpoint protection capabilities across a global enterprise environment. You will work closely with internal IT teams, security specialists, and technology partners to improve security controls, strengthen detection capabilities, and support the continuous evolution of our cybersecurity landscape.

Are you ready to strengthen cyber resilience at a global organization? Do you enjoy turning security challenges into practical solutions?

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.

What you will do:

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of endpoint security capabilities across the organization.
• Develop and maintain preventive, detective, and responsive security controls to reduce cyber risk and improve resilience.
• Manage the lifecycle, configuration, optimization, and governance of cybersecurity technologies within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Drive security engineering initiatives that improve protection, visibility, monitoring, and operational effectiveness.
• Translate threat intelligence, security incidents, and operational findings into measurable security improvements.
• Support security investigations by providing technical expertise, root cause analysis, and remediation recommendations.
• Collaborate with Cyber Defense Center functions, IT teams, and business stakeholders to strengthen security controls and reduce attack surface exposure.
• Partner with vendors and technology providers to resolve issues, evaluate new capabilities, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain technical standards, procedures, documentation, and architectural guidance.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to engineers and analysts while promoting engineering best practices across the Cyber Defense Center.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline. Relevant cybersecurity certifications are considered an advantage.

• Extensive experience in cybersecurity engineering, with a strong focus on endpoint security, including the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of security controls in large and complex enterprise environments.

• Strong understanding of endpoint protection, threat detection, incident response, endpoint hardening, security monitoring, and modern attack techniques, combined with the ability to translate security risks into practical and scalable solutions.

• Proven experience managing and optimizing enterprise security technologies, driving engineering initiatives, and collaborating across security, infrastructure, workplace technology, and business teams to improve organizational cyber resilience.

• A proactive and analytical leader with strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, mentoring, and collaboration skills, capable of balancing security requirements with business objectives.

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken - All Applicants are requested to deliver their CV in English language.

What we can offer you:

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Working at Essity means a chance to improve well-being for people and opportunities to drive positive change for the society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us

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Application End Date:

16 ago. 2026

Job Requisition ID:

Essity262186