Senior Security Analyst - Germany

coalition; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid supplemental health and/

AD&D insurance

Vacation days (30+)

Home office stipend

Coworking access

Wellness programs

Job summary

Coalition is seeking a Security Risk Analyst to assess cyber risk, investigate incidents and insurance claims, and translate technical findings into practical prevention recommendations. You will connect security insights to business and product decisions, including risk models and underwriting approaches.

Remote work from Germany with a German employment contract. The role requires 4–6 years in security analysis, fluency in German and English, and strong knowledge of attack lifecycles, network

Qualifications

• Four to six years of experience in security analysis or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of attack lifecycles, attacker techniques, exploitation methods, and network threats.
• Practical familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, ISO, HIPAA, or PCI.
• Clear written and spoken communication for technical and executive audiences, and comfort working in a changing environment.
• Fluency in German and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the security posture of current and prospective insured organizations across their technology, controls, and operating environments.
• Investigate incidents and claims to establish likely causes, attack paths, control gaps, and prevention opportunities.
• Advise customers and security leaders on prioritized improvements involving architecture, cloud security, data protection, and compliance.
• Turn threat intelligence and observed attacker behavior into detection methods and actionable guidance.
• Work with product and other teams to improve risk models, underwriting methods, and security applications.
• Follow changes in security practice, regulation, and the industry to inform analysis and recommendations.

Skills

Security analysis

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Communication

Bilingual German/English

Tools

SIEM

Job description

Role overview

Assess cyber risk, investigate security incidents and insurance claims, and turn technical findings into practical recommendations for prevention. This analyst also helps connect security insights to business and product decisions, including risk models, underwriting approaches, and internal security processes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the security posture of current and prospective insured organizations across their technology, controls, and operating environments.
• Investigate incidents and claims to establish likely causes, attack paths, control gaps, and prevention opportunities.
• Advise customers and security leaders on prioritized improvements involving architecture, cloud security, data protection, and compliance.
• Turn threat intelligence and observed attacker behavior into detection methods and actionable guidance.
• Work with product and other teams to improve risk models, underwriting methods, and security applications.
• Follow changes in security practice, regulation, and the industry to inform analysis and recommendations.

Requirements

• Four to six years of experience in security analysis, defensive security, penetration testing, red‑team operations, incident response, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of attack lifecycles, attacker techniques, exploitation methods, and network threats.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP, network analysis, security tools, log analysis, and captured network traffic.
• Ability to investigate incidents, identify root causes, and recommend preventive or detective controls.
• Practical familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, ISO, HIPAA, or PCI.
• Clear written and spoken communication for technical and executive audiences, and comfort working in a changing environment.
• Fluency in both German and English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

Experience with cyber insurance claims or translating security findings into underwriting or risk scores; cloud security, security architecture, data protection, or control assessments; threat intelligence and detection development; or advising security leaders on risk-based priorities.

Benefits and work setup

Full-time, remote work from anywhere in Germany, with a German employment contract.

Listed benefits include employer-paid supplemental health and AD&D insurance, 30 or more vacation days, a home office stipend, coworking access, and wellness programs.

• employer-paid supplemental health and AD&D insurance
• 30 or more vacation days
• a home office stipend
• coworking access
• wellness programs