Senior Secruity Engineer (/m/f/d)

Axel springer; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch in canteens

30 days vacation + 10 days work fromab

Public transport discount

JobRad leasing

Bicycle garage with service

Childcare facilities

Two in-house kindergartens

Relocation and visa support

Permanent office in Berlin core

Job summary

Axel Springer in Berlin seeks an experienced security lead to design and implement secure solutions across product and platform teams. You will manage bug bounty findings, train engineers in vulnerability analysis, and develop automated testing for pipelines.

The role emphasizes promoting secure standards and clear risk communication. We expect 4+ years in IT security, expertise in web apps and cloud security, and strong ability to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of professional experience in IT security.
• Focus on web application security or cloud infrastructure security.
• Experience in application development with modern languages and frameworks.
• Deep expertise in security challenges for containers, distributed systems, and AI systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication to explain complex topics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and platform teams to design and implement security solutions.
• Manage and analyze bug bounty findings and support teams in resolving risks.
• Train software engineers in vulnerability analysis, secure development, and secure AI usage.
• Develop automated security testing for code builds, deployments, and pipelines.
• Create and maintain IT security guidelines, testing procedures and tooling.
• Promote secure web app and cloud platform standards across products and teams.
• Communicate risks and mitigation strategies while driving adoption of modern security technologies.

Skills

IT security

Web app security

Cloud security

Vulnerability analysis

Security testing

Container security

AI security

Security communication

Tools

Security tooling

CI/CD security

Job description

collaborate with product and platform teams to design and implement security solutions

manage and analyze bug bounty findings and support teams in resolving identified risks

train software engineers in vulnerability analysis, secure development practices and secure AI usage

develop automated security testing procedures for code builds, deployments and delivery pipelines

create and maintain guidelines for IT security, security testing and security tooling

promote secure web application and cloud platform standards across products and teams

communicate security risks and mitigation strategies while driving adoption of modern security technologies

minimum 4+ years of professional experience in IT security

focus on web application security or cloud infrastructure security

experience in application development with modern programming languages, scripting languages and frameworks

deep expertise in security challenges related to containers, distributed systems, large-scale web applications and AI systems

strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex topics convincingly

experience delivering talks, workshops and security awareness initiatives

your personal growth is important to us:

• we offer trainings and learning lunches, tech conferences, a budget for workshops and much more to expand your knowledge and your skills
• Employee offers that suit you and your life situation: Whether it's a discounted public transport ticket or JobRad leasing, a bicycle garage (incl. regular bicycle service), childcare facilities or two modern in-house kindergartens
• 30 days vacation plus 10 days work from abroad
• our free food offer: we offer free lunch in our canteens
• we offer guidance on the administrative side of relocation and visa processes through our relocation agency
• collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• from now a permanent full- or part-time position in a modern office in the heart of Berlin: http://www.axelspringer-neubau.de/

The most frequently asked questions and their answers can be found on our FAQ page: career.axelspringer.com/en/faq

Diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We are looking forward to receiving all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

You can find information about the representation for the severely disabled at Axel Springer here: https://career.axelspringer.com/en/rsde