Specialist SIEM Engineering & Incident Response

Mainz, Germany   |   full time   |   Job ID: 11706 

About the role:

As Specialist SIEM Engineering & Incident Response you are responsible for supporting our CSIRT operations with a focus on SIEM onboarding, connector health, operational monitoring, stakeholder enablement, and foundational forensic and threat hunting capabilities. The role combines shared daily security operations responsibilities with technical ownership for improving Microsoft Sentinel and Defender integrations, maintaining SIEM service quality, and supporting business stakeholders with specific logging and monitoring requirements.
In addition, this role contributes to daily operational activities such as phishing analysis, incident investigation, escalated SOC case handling, third-party incident assessments, and incident response support.

Your contribution:

• Perform daily security operations tasks, including analysis of phishing emails, handling of escalated security incidents, and support for incident response activities
• Act as L3 support for incidents escalated by the external MSSP SOC provider and contribute to investigation, coordination, and response activities
• Maintain, improve, troubleshoot, and expand Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender connectors, data integrations, and onboarding of relevant log sources
• Monitor SIEM and related security platform health, including connectors, tables, automations, ingestion status, data quality, and service reliability
• Analyze SIEM data consumption and support optimization of data onboarding, cost efficiency, and monitoring effectiveness
• Serve as contact person for business and technical stakeholders with specific SIEM and monitoring requirements, including KRITIS-related applications and other critical systems
• Define and establish clear guidelines and intake processes for system owners and stakeholders to report onboarding, monitoring, and use case requirements to the CSIRT team
• Support basic forensic activities, including initial evidence collection, log review, timeline support, and preservation of relevant information in line with internal procedures
• Perform basic threat hunting activities using Microsoft Defender and Sentinel capabilities, including workbooks, threat intelligence enrichment, data exploration, and hypothesis-driven analysis
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security monitoring coverage, visibility, documentation, and operational processes

A good match:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a comparable field; alternatively, equivalent practical experience
• Several years of experience in IT security operations, SIEM engineering, SOC, or related security monitoring functions
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and/or Microsoft Defender, especially in connector management, data onboarding, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Experience with log analysis, event correlation, and integration of enterprise systems into SIEM platforms
• Basic practical experience in digital forensics, incident investigation support, or evidence handling
• Initial experience or strong interest in threat hunting, security analytics, and proactive detection improvement
• Experience working with internal stakeholders to gather technical requirements and translate them into monitoring or security use cases
• Understanding of enterprise IT systems, application landscapes, interfaces, and dependencies relevant for security monitoring
• Experience with documentation, process definition, and service-oriented operational support is beneficial
• Strong knowledge of SIEM data flows, connector architectures, log source onboarding, and monitoring health indicators
• Familiarity with KQL, workbook creation, and Microsoft security ecosystem capabilities
• Basic understanding of forensic principles, chain of custody, and evidence preservation
• Ability to translate stakeholder requirements into structured technical implementation steps
• Strong organizational skills and a structured, service-oriented way of working
• Good communication skills for interaction with system owners, business stakeholders, and external providers
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and a focus on operational quality
• Security certifications such as SC-200, BTL1, AZ-500, GCFA (basic exposure), or similar are beneficial

Your Benefits:

It's our priority to support you:

• Your flexibility: flexible hours | vacation account  
• Your growth: Digital Learning | Performance & talent development | leadership development | Apprenticeships | LinkedIn Learning
• Your value: Your voice at the table | Culture on an equal footing | Opportunities to shape & impact | Support for your full potential
• Your health and lifestyle: Company bike
• Your mobility: Job ticket | Deutschlandticket 
• Your life phases: Employer-funded pension | Childcare 

Apply now - We look forward to your application!

Apply to our Mainz, Germany location by sending us your documents via our online form. For any questions, contact our talent acquisition team on: + 49 (0) 6131-9084-1291 (Monday-Friday from 1 PM to 3 PM CET).

Job ID 11706 (please always specify if you have any questions)   

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