IT Security Engineer (Specialist) - Digital Security Services Job in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

The ECB is an official EU institution at the heart of the Eurosystem and the Single Supervisory Mechanism.
Over 2,500 staff from all over Europe work for the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. They perform a range of tasks in close cooperation with the national central banks within the Eurosystem and, for banking supervision, with the national supervisors within the Single Supervisory Mechanism.

IT Security Engineer (Specialist) - Digital Security Services Job Description

Your team
You will be part of the Digital Security Services Division in the Directorate General Information Systems. Comprising over 30 IT security professionals, the Division provides security governance, assurance, engineering and operational services to protect the ECB against cyber threats. 

In your role as IT Security Engineer (Specialist) you will be part of the IT Security Engineering team. Together with 14 colleagues, you will provide security technology services to the ECB and the European System of Central Banks by planning and developing new security technical controls, and by maintaining and further developing existing technical controls to ensure their optimum effectiveness. Among other technologies, the team is responsible for security information and event management services, identity governance and administration, and privileged access management services.

You will work mainly on implementing, maintaining and further developing security information and event management services (SIEM).

To further enhance the diversity of our team, we particularly encourage applications from female candidates.

We also encourage applications from candidates who are currently working, or have previously worked, as agency staff for the ECB’s IT department.

Your role
As an IT Security Engineer (Specialist) you will:

• contribute to the definition and improvement of security services, providing recommendations for continuous improvement and maintenance in cooperation with the architecture, infrastructure and operations functions;
• support operational teams in the design and continuous improvement of processes and procedures for operating security services, to allow for full exploitation of the available technical platforms;
• develop and improve scripts, tools, procedures and technical documentation related to the security services provided by the IT Security Engineering team;
• contribute to IT projects in their different phases, from design to implementation, including maintenance, release and documentation, with a focus on security aspects and on the integration of application and infrastructure services with security services;
• investigate, diagnose and resolve security incidents, refer to external suppliers if required, as well as assist first, second, and third-level support staff;
• establish and maintain effective communication channels with relevant IT and client areas;
• contribute to the overall success of the Division by presenting proposals for the continuous improvement of the ECB’s digital security posture and by supporting colleagues within and outside the Division through the provision of IT expertise.

IT Security Engineer (Specialist) - Digital Security Services Job Requirements

Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential: 

• a bachelor’s degree (or post-secondary vocational education plus four years of relevant experience, or eight years of relevant experience) in computer science, information systems administration or another relevant field;
• in addition at least two and ideally five or more years of experience as a security engineer, within a team or as a consultant;
• knowledge and experience in designing and implementing SIEM solutions;
• solid knowledge of and experience with at least one general purpose development language such as Python or JavaScript, etc.;
• knowledge and experience in at least four of the following areas:
  
  - endpoint protection solutions;
  - Web Application Firewall services;
  - e-mail security services;
  - identity and access management, 
  including federation;
  - network security services;
  - vulnerability management; 
  - security analytics;
  - machine learning;
• an advanced command of English and an intermediate command of at least one other official language of the EU.
   

• knowledge and experience in the design, implementation, administration and performance tuning of either Splunk or ArcSight environments;
• experience working in an information security sensitive environment, such as in the military or police forces or in finance, etc.;
• experience in applying standards such as ISO27001/2 or ITIL;
• security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, CEH, OSCP, etc.;
• relevant working experience at the ECB.
• You are recognised as someone who supports others proactively. You work constantly to improve your own output and you learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. Your strong capacity for analytical thinking enables you to work with incomplete information and you deliver in line with stakeholder needs.

IT Security Engineer (Specialist) - Digital Security Services Application Information

Further information
The recruitment process for this position may include a remote written exercise or remote interview at the pre-screening stage and – if you are invited to participate further in the selection procedure – an on-site written exercise, presentation, and panel interviews. 

The formal title for this position will be IT Specialist.

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