Senior CSIRT Engineer (all genders)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM
 

Security Incidents have a high potential to cause a severe business impact on the organization. They often involve ambiguity, complexity, and the need for off-playbook approaches and solutions to manage unprecedented problems. Flexibility, fast movement, and the ability to reduce complex situations to individual components to allow action-taking are key during such situations. 

The Senior CSIRT Engineer coordinates task forces to respond to major Information Security Incidents. They act as a primary point of contact for all parties involved and contain, eradicate, and recover Information Security Incidents.

Most of their time, they will work during core business hours but also regularly on-call outside of business hours and on weekends.

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
 

At Zalando, our vision is to be inclusive by design. And this vision starts with our hiring - we do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, personal expression, ethnicity, religious belief, or disability status. You are welcome to leave out your picture, age, or marital status from your application. We only assess candidates on their qualifications and merit. 

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support you throughout the hiring process. 

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/dobetter-our-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy 

Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/our-employee-resource-groups 

 

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
 

• Drive 3rd level incident response activities supported by a task force which you lead through the entire Security Incident Lifecycle;

• Coordinate the investigation activities of involved Cybersecurity Engineers from all levels;

• Partner with engineering teams and other on-call staff to drive the investigation and response and facilitate swift decision-making;

• Interact with platform partners on 3rd party Incidents to evaluate the potential impact on Zalando;

• Steer stakeholder communication on the highest level, keeping stakeholders in a close loop and serving as the primary point of contact throughout the entire Incident Response Lifecycle; You interact directly with senior executives, equipping them with critical information required for swift decision-making; You will also own the quality of our forensic incident investigation reports;

• When not managing Incidents, you continuously improve our monitoring coverage, and design and execute tabletop exercises to ensure all CSIRT members and Stakeholders understand their roles and can execute their responsibilities during an incident.
  
   

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• You have over 5 years of experience as a CSIRT Engineer within a Cyber Defense Team, CSIRT, or SOC (3rd level), and are adept at handling on-call responsibilities outside of business hours;

• You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven track record in writing forensic incident investigation reports and effectively engaging with stakeholders;

• You are skilled at quickly assessing situations, evaluating the effectiveness of various tactics, and making rapid decisions on appropriate courses of action during incidents;

• You have extensive experience in security monitoring, detection, and analysis methodologies and technologies, including network-based intrusion detection systems, extended detection and response solutions (XDR), web application and network firewalls, and SIEM solutions;

• You bring demonstrable expertise in safeguarding assets on AWS and managing Kubernetes deployments within the AWS environment and have hands-on experience with AWS native security tools. Additionally, your background includes monitoring Google Workspace or similar environments;

• You have a thorough understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, the Cyber Kill Chain, and NIST, and possess experience with programming/scripting languages such as Python,