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Ugur Yildirim

Security Engineer

€280/day
Barcelona, ES
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ugur

I am a results-driven Embedded Systems Architect with over 5 years of experience at the intersection of high-performance software engineering and Cybersecurity. I specialize in building resilient, mission-critical systems where safety and security are not just features, but the foundation.

My expertise lies in designing complex architectures for Automotive, Marine Robotics, and Industrial IoT, combining deep-level firmware development with a 'hacker mindset' to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they exist.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Turkish

    Native or bilingual

  • Russian

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Barcelona (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Bitspain Barcelona
    SOC Analyst
    April 2025 - January 2026 (9 months)
    • • SIEM Optimization: Tuned correlation rules in Splunk and IBM QRadar to reduce false positive alerts by 30%, improving the SOC team's efficiency.
    • • Threat Hunting: Performed proactive threat hunting activities utilizing MITRE ATT&CK framework and global threat intelligence feeds to detect advanced persistent threats (APTs).
    • • Malware Analysis: Conducted static and dynamic analysis of suspicious artifacts and phishing attachments in a sandbox environment to prevent ransomware outbreaks.
    Cybersecurity Performance Optimization
  • Nanostatik
    Application Security Pentester
    February 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 10 months)
    Ankara, Türkiye
    • • Penetration Testing: Conducted regular gray-box and black-box penetration tests on web and mobile applications, identifying critical risks based on OWASP Top 10.
    • • Access Control (NAC): Deployed Cisco ISE for Network Access Control to ensure only compliant and authorized devices could connect to the internal network.
    • • Vulnerability Management: Automated the vulnerability scanning process using Python scripts and Nessus, increasing scanning frequency by 200%.
  • Arcadia
    Embedded Software Developer
    June 2020 - January 2022 (1 year and 7 months)
    Ankara, Türkiye
    • • Designed and implemented modular firmware architectures for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) using FreeRTOS on STM32H series MCUs, adhering to DO-178C (Software) and DO-254 (Hardware) design assurance levels to ensure flight safety and system reliability.
    • • Developed custom peripheral drivers for SPI, CAN-bus, and UART to ensure high-speed data acquisition from
    flight sensors.
    • • Implemented a Secure Boot mechanism and hardware-level encryption to protect flight telemetry data.

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Education

  • Bachelor of Electrical And Electronics Engineering
    University Of Turkish Aeronautical Association
    2022
    Bachelor of Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • Bachelor of Electronics And Robotics Erasmus
    Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya
    2021
    Bachelor of Electronics And Robotics Erasmus

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