Team Lead Security (m/f/d)

XING is the leading social network for business professionals in the D-A-CH region providing advice and support to its more than 20 million members during the upheaval processes in the world of work. In an environment marked by a shortage of skilled workers, digitalization, and changes in values, XING helps its members achieve as harmonious a work/life balance as possible: For a better working life! #xingjob

Wherever you’re from, whatever your beliefs, and whomever you love - you’re always welcome at XING. We’re proud of our commitment to diversity because it makes us more creative and more productive. What counts is you as a person.

Your tasks:

• lead a small team of security engineers and incident responders
• You and your team are the first point of contact at XING for security-related questions.
• advise teams during new projects, help them understand risks and suggest mitigations.
• manage software vulnerabilities and assist our teams in handling them.
• play a key role in security audits.
• set up monitoring processes to help detect attacks.
• manage incidents that could affect security.
• draft security-related processes, policies, requirements and guidelines.

Your skills:

• You’ve received training or a degree in IT, software development or similar, and have several years of security experience.
• Your analysis is thorough, and your advice is clear, practical, and understandable for people with technical and non-technical background.
• You’re well connected within the security community.
• You understand code and ideally have some background in system administration.
• You write policies to combine risk management and business needs to ensure a compliant, safe and productive work environment
• Ideally, you are holding a recognised security certificate, e.g. CISSP .
• If you are familiar with Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Defender Suite, XSIAM and related security configurations and management, that would be a plus.
• Proven network or application security skills would also be a bonus.
• Fluency in English and German is required.

Your benefits

• Health consulting services
• Mobile devices also for private use
• Summer and Christmas parties
• Drinks, food & goodies
• Public transport ticket
• Bike leasing
• Remote work option
• Lunch and employee discount
• Office Dogs
• 6 week vacation

Your contact person

You still got questions about the job. Feel free to get in touch with us.

Hannah Laumen

Manager HR Recruiting