Cyber Defense Consultant

SECUINFRA GmbH

Cyber Defense Consultant supporting clients in implementing solutions for detecting and responding to cyber attacks. Collaborating with teams to analyze and mitigate cyber threats effectively.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Splunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

We are looking for you as a Cyber Defense Consultant (m/f/d)
From day one your tasks will be challenging and exciting: you will effectively support your team in detecting, analyzing and defending companies against cyber attacks.
Specifically, you can expect the following: recording and analysis of objectives and framework conditions when setting up a SOC/CDC or the technical solutions in this area
Development of operational, role/permissions concepts as well as SOC and CDC processes
Design, development and implementation of software solutions for detecting, responding to and mitigating cyber attacks
Development, implementation and optimization of detection mechanisms
Mentoring colleagues with less professional experience
Project and team leadership on larger customer projects

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 2 years of professional experience in building and/or operating Security Operations Centers (SOCs) or in related areas OR a master's degree in a program with a clear focus on IT security
A solid foundation across core IT domains (networking, operating systems & basic scripting)
Excellent German and English skills, written and spoken
Willingness to travel (currently 90% of our projects are remote)
An analytical, structured and independent approach to thinking and working
Strong customer and service orientation and willingness to take responsibility within the team
Entrepreneurial mindset and way of working
Knowledge of and hands-on experience with one or more of the following product segments: SIEM (e.g. Elastic SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, QRadar); EDR (e.g. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Elastic Defend, CrowdStrike Falcon); NDR (e.g. Corelight, Vectra AI, Darktrace); SOAR (e.g. Swimlane, Palo Alto XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel); THOR APT Scanner

Benefits

Comp & perks

30 days of annual leave per year
Modern digital work equipment including laptop and smartphone
Personal mentor during onboarding
Exceptional team cohesion, reinforced by regular team and company events
Regular professional development and training
Location-independent work*
Flexible working hours*
Individual company car arrangement
Company bike (Job-Rad)
Urban Sports Club membership
Company pension plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecuritySOC developmentCDC processesdetection mechanismsscriptingIT securityproject leadershipsoftware developmentanalytical skillscustomer service orientation

Soft Skills

mentoringteam leadershipstructured thinkingindependent workingentrepreneurial mindsetresponsibilitycommunication skillsservice orientationanalytical approachproblem-solving