Senior Cybersecurity Engineer | Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (all genders)

Zalando SE

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
Published Jun 13, 2025
Full-time
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Job Summary

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will play a critical role in responding to and managing major information security incidents, leading task forces through the entire Security Incident Lifecycle. This involves coordinating investigation activities, partnering with engineering teams, interacting with third-party platform partners, and steering high-level stakeholder communication, including directly engaging with senior executives. Beyond incident management, the role focuses on continuous improvement of monitoring coverage and designing tabletop exercises to enhance incident response preparedness. This position requires deep expertise in cyber defense, incident response, and security technologies, with a strong emphasis on quick decision-making under pressure and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security monitoring, detection, and analysis, particularly within AWS and Kubernetes environments, and proficiency with relevant security frameworks and scripting languages.

Required Skills

Education

Not specified

Experience

  • Over 5 years as a Cybersecurity Engineer within a Cyber Defense Team, CSIRT, or SOC (3rd level)
  • Adept at handling on-call responsibilities outside of business hours
  • Proven track record in writing forensic incident investigation reports and engaging with stakeholders
  • Extensive experience in security monitoring, detection, and analysis methodologies and technologies
  • Demonstrable expertise in safeguarding assets on AWS and managing Kubernetes deployments within the AWS environment
  • Hands-on experience with AWS native security tools
  • Background in monitoring Google Workspace or similar environments
  • Hands-on experience with programming/scripting languages for security operations

Languages

English (Basic)

Additional

  • Regular on-call duty outside of business hours and on weekends.