Security Analyst, Level 3

water IT Security & Defense

Security Analyst responsible for analyzing complex security incidents and enhancing detection quality. Working remotely while collaborating with internal teams and customers for effective communication.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSenior💰 €65,000 - €72,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Complex security incidents land with you — you dig deep, perform thorough analyses, and make well‑founded decisions
As an escalation point, you bring calm to critical situations and keep communication between customers and internal teams clear and structured
In customer meetings (e.g., monthly reviews or ad‑hoc), you build trust, explain context clearly, and empower customers to use security processes independently
Together with Engineering, you further develop best practices around Microsoft Sentinel & Defender
You don’t just maintain playbooks and processes — you make them genuinely better, focusing on quality and efficiency
You actively share your knowledge with 2nd‑level analysts, lifting the whole team to the next level
False positives annoy you as much as they do us — that’s why you actively work to improve our detection quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

Several years of experience in a SOC environment, particularly handling complex security incidents
Deep technical understanding of Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, and common security tools
Analytical thinking is one of your strengths
You communicate easily and respectfully with both technical teams and customers
Experience working in dynamic environments
You take initiative — you don’t wait, you lead
Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote, up to 182 days working from within the EU per year, and flexible working hours (no shift work)
Trust‑based vacation — by agreement within the team you can take additional time off beyond the statutory minimum as needed
Allowances & discounts such as an internet stipend, Edenred benefits, food delivery budget (e.g., Lieferando), and corporate benefits
Health & wellbeing: company health insurance including dental and preventive care, mental health program “OpenUp”, bike‑lease program (JobRad), and EGYM Wellpass

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Hard Skills & Tools

Microsoft SentinelMicrosoft Defendersecurity incident analysisdetection quality improvementplaybook maintenanceprocess optimizationanalytical thinking

Soft Skills

communicationtrust buildinginitiativecalmness under pressureteam collaborationcustomer empowerment