About the position
The global Cyber Defense Team at Covestro is looking for a Junior Cyber Security Analyst to join a matrixed organization that has its leadership in Germany. The team is organized into different areas of responsibility (e.g., endpoint security, cloud security, monitoring systems) and each employee is independently responsible for the assigned sub-area. Team members are expected to collaborate and support each other's areas and assist in monitoring and responding to the security events generated by those systems. The focus of this position is to help build an incident response framework and as well a framework for regular penetration testing for applications and platforms. Both areas will be supervised by senior experts, and we are looking for someone who has made first experiences in technical security issues and is willing to grow in a challenging environment. Position is based in US (Pittsburgh), but responsibilities are global and include collaboration with Europe/Asia. Overseas travel may be required.
Responsibilities
- Support Senior Cyber Security Analysts to detect weaknesses of Covestro applications and systems and build attack frameworks to penetrate the applications/systems
- Develop mitigation measures based on the result of the pen tests
- Improve and automate processes for the Cyber Security Incident Response Team at Covestro
- Fluency in scripting languages to build the attack frameworks and analysis tools
- Support the Cyber Defense team in regular monitoring activities
- In-depth analyses of L2/L3 security alarms by our SOC supplier
- Based on experiences automate incident response activities and implement them, considering the possibilities of AI for decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or closely related area required
- 3+ years of IT cyber security experience/direct professional experience in IT security field
Nice-to-haves
- Minimum of one relevant certificate (like Certified Incident Handler etc.)
