Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- IT, Security
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Potsdam
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop security measures for threat detection and vulnerability assessment, analyze logs, conduct vulnerability scans, and assist in incident analysis within a diverse technical environment.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The Information Security department is responsible for the development, enhancement, and operation of central information security processes at HPI. Our goal is to support research, teaching, and administration through effective, pragmatic, and well-implemented security measures.
- At HPI, you work in a diverse technical environment comprising our own data center, research infrastructures, cloud and container platforms, as well as Microsoft 365/Azure. You develop threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident readiness further — pragmatically, data-driven, and with visible impact. The role is technical and hands-on. At the same time, you translate complex risks into clear, actionable next steps.
- You analyze security events, logs, and anomalies from endpoint, network, cloud, and identity systems, evaluate indicators, and further develop detection use cases as well as triage runbooks.
- You plan and conduct regular vulnerability scans, prioritize findings based on exploitability, exposure, and criticality, and coordinate remediation with the responsible teams.
- You keep processes, contacts, and technical measures ready for deployment, assist in incident analysis, and keep an eye on critical vulnerabilities and Zero-Day reports.
- You improve secure baselines and practical guardrails for endpoints and mobile devices, Azure/M365, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, secrets, and images.
- You prepare external tests with the CISO function, coordinate scope and termination criteria, provide technical classification of reports, and support effective remediation.
- You assess risks related to GenAI/LLM applications, agents, and crawlers, data leakage, model and training data integrity, as well as third-party tools, and derive comprehensible technical guidelines.
- You document decisions transparently, create meaningful key figures, and work solution-oriented with IT, research, data protection, and other stakeholders.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, IT security, or related fields, or equivalent practical experience, such as from system, network, or cloud operations, software engineering, DevOps, or incident response.
Qualifications
- Ability to analyze logs and technical findings in a structured manner, to prioritize risks transparently, and to document measures thoroughly.
- Sense of responsibility, high confidentiality, and an open, service-oriented as well as pragmatic working approach.
- Very good German and English skills, as well as willingness to regularly be present at the Potsdam location.
Experience
- Practical experience in multiple technical areas, such as Linux, networks, web/cloud infrastructures, endpoint security, or MDM, IAM, containers, or CI/CD.
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What we offer
- The position is permanent and to be filled on a full-time basis.
- You actively shape the information security of a renowned university's computer science and research institute.
- Regular opportunities for further training and the possibility to participate in paid professional development, insights into current research, as well as team events, visits to selected conferences and workshops.
- Up to two mobile workdays per week.
- 30 vacation days plus two additional days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
- Subsidized company ticket/Germany ticket and numerous sports facilities (tennis and basketball court, beach volleyball field, calisthenics park), participation in running events.
- HPI Campus in Potsdam-Babelsberg (S-Bahn station Griebnitzsee) with quick transportation links to Berlin.
- Free external employee consulting also for private concerns.
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About Your Employer
Hasso-Plattner-Institute
The Hasso Plattner Institute is a leading institute for IT and digital engineering. We are located at the University of Potsdam and research practical and applied topics of digital technologies. We specialize in the areas of research, teaching and continuing education.
Description
- Founding Year
- 1998
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Science, Research
Information Security Engineer - Threat Analytics and Vulnerability Scanning
- Location
- Potsdam
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
