Who we are 

Stepstone is a leading online job board in Germany, dedicated to connecting job seekers with their ideal employment opportunities. As a major player in the German job market, we had a key role in facilitating millions of job placements across various sectors and industries. 

We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global expert in job-tech platforms. Being part of a global team allows us to leverage cutting-edge technology, data, and industry expertise to enhance our services and continuously innovate our technology to meet the job market's needs. 

Job Description

As a Senior SOC Engineer you will be responsible for monitoring, analysing and responding to security threats, using tools like SIEM and EDR platforms.
You’ll lead the team in incident detection and response efforts, ensuring swift containment and recovery. Your role involves automating security workflows using Python to enhance efficiency and leveraging the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map and analyse threats and create a staged visualization of the relevant attacks that potentially will materialize.
You will play a vital role as we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyse security data from diverse sources, including logs, EDR solutions, and network traffic, to identify and assess threats. Coordinate and lead security incident response efforts, including containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Develop and implement automation scripts and playbooks using Python to streamline incident detection, response, and reporting processes.
• Automate security alert triage, enrichment, and remediation workflows to reduce response time and improve efficiency.
• Use the MITRE ATT&CK framework to classify attack vectors, understand adversary behaviour, and enhance detection capabilities.
• Map security incidents and alerts to the MITRE ATT&CK tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for comprehensive analysis. Manage and configure EDR platforms for real-time endpoint monitoring and protection.

• Your skills and qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or similar role with hands-on experience with SIEM tools (e.g., Sentinel, QRadar, ArcSight).
• Proficient in Python for automation and scripting.
• Strong understanding of Incident Response processes and methodologies and experience with MITRE ATT&CK framework to map and analyse threats.
• Knowledge of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, SentinelOne). Familiarity with threat hunting techniques and processes.
• Certifications such as GSEC, CISSP, OSCP, MaD are preferred.

Your benefits 

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• 30 days of holidays + 2 extra days for Christmas and New Year's Eve    

• Hybrid working model  

• Company pension scheme  

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme  

• Life Assurance Cover  

• Volunteering days  

• Job bike  

• Discounted parking or job ticket  

• In-house gym  

• In-house barista  

• And you can bring your dog to the office  

Our commitment 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.