IT Security Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: IT Security Engineer

Description

You will operate and improve vulnerability management and the organization’s endpoint detection and protection capabilities. You will develop and validate detection rules and protection policies, secure developer workstations, and integrate identity and email security into detection processes. You will also coordinate with a managed SOC, enhance firewall and segmentation controls, and support patching, hardening, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Operate vulnerability management: assess vulnerabilities by risk and coordinate remediation with the responsible teams.
• Develop detection rules and protection policies for endpoint security platforms and verify their effectiveness.
• Secure developer workstations by implementing practical protection profiles and exceptions.
• Implement security measures for identities and email systems and integrate them into the detection processes.
• Improve firewall rules and segmentation with the network team; reliably connect logs and telemetry sources to the detection platform.
• Manage technical collaboration with the managed SOC and review the quality of detection use cases.
• Implement patching and hardening standards with operations teams; support security incidents with analysis and containment measures.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in security engineering or security operations, especially with EDR/XDR and SIEM
• Experience working technically with a managed SOC or MDR provider
• Very good Linux skills and automation/scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Good knowledge of network security, particularly firewalls and segmentation
• Knowledge of common attack techniques and experience analyzing security incidents
• Ability to analyze technical problems in a structured way and collaborate solution-orientedly with other IT teams
• Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, or Security+ are an advantage
• German C1 and English B2

Benefits

• 30 days of vacation plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off
• Hybrid work model with multiple home office days per week
• Workation, sabbatical, and job sharing
• Paid special leave for partners after childbirth
• Deutschlandticket subsidy
• Bike leasing via JobRad
• Urban Sports Club membership
• Company benefits and food subsidies; free breakfast
• Corporate benefits, individualized learning and training opportunities, and open learning culture
• Team events (e.g., summer event with families)