Coordinator Security Operations Center (m/w/d)

We shape the future of a newly founded university IT organization in NRW

HITS.NRW is a newly founded, central IT service provider for public universities in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Our mission: Together with the universities, we shape the future of university IT. To achieve this, we develop scalable services from the areas of Cloud, Cyber Security, Software and IT Procurement across the state. We ensure modern, secure and efficient solutions – so that universities can focus on teaching, art and science, and sensitive data is protected to the best possible extent.

You shape a newly founded company actively with: Architectures decide, standards set, automation drives forward – and create genuine added value. And we're looking forward to you becoming part of it soon.

What awaits you

• In this central role, you will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of our incident and crisis management - from designing processes to ensuring operational daily business, up to important monitoring activities and strategic tasks
• Your focus lies in coordinating interdisciplinary response teams and conducting post-incident reviews as well as deriving lessons learned
• You will also take care of the strategic development of use cases and correlation rules in SIEM, EDR & NDR systems and evaluate alerts on criticality and relevance for the university field
• You establish sufficient SOC processes, perform evaluations with the help of KPIs, dashboards and service-level reports, and conduct regular audits, gap analyses and maturity assessments
• In the course of ongoing operations, you identify automation potential in collaboration with engineering teams to introduce new tools
• You present important information regularly to various stakeholders and are the main point of contact for IT departments, data protection officers and information security representatives at universities

What you bring

• A completed university degree in (business) informatics, IT security or an equivalent degree
• Multiple years of professional experience in SOC, CERT or IT security incident response
• Certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, CISSP, CISM or comparable are advantageous
• Fundamental knowledge of current attack techniques (MITRE ATT&CK), logging architectures and network protocols
• Excellent communication and moderation skills, analytical thinking, hands-on mentality and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Very good German and English language skills in writing and speaking

What we offer you

As a public-law corporation, we offer you the reliability of public service with the freedom to shape your work like a startup. At HITS.NRW, effectiveness and reliable framework conditions are what matter – giving you space for good solutions:

• Work flexibly & well-equipped: Mobile working, flexible hours, part-time options – including laptop, smartphone and internet allowance.
• Earn fairly: Transparent salary, matching your qualifications, experience and role.
• Develop yourself further: We support you with individual training & certifications.
• Be mobile: Your Germany ticket is on us – for work and leisure.
• Benefit monthly: Enjoy tax-free allowances, which you can use entirely as you see fit – e.g., for shopping, mobility or leisure.
• Engage yourself: Up to 10 paid days per year for your personal project or engagement.
• Plan long-term: Use our offers for retirement planning and insurance.

How you apply

Sounds like your next step? Then apply online including all documents (CV, relevant certificates & references).

For further inquiries, Heather Baumgarten is available by phone at 05251 787 - 5856.

Diversity is important to us: We explicitly welcome applications from all genders and people with different backgrounds, perspectives and abilities. People with disabilities will be given preferential consideration if they are equally qualified.

The establishment of the company HITS.NRW is supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Hochschul-IT-Services.nrw KöR, Speditionstraße 2, 40221 Düsseldorf

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