{"id":67985,"title":"Cyber Defense Expert (all genders)","company":"METRO Deutschland GmbH","city":"Düsseldorf","region":"Nordrhein-Westfalen","location":"40235 Düsseldorf","work_model":"unknown","employment_type":"full_time","employment":["full_time"],"roles":["security"],"visa":"not_mentioned","relocation":"not_mentioned","posted_at":"2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00","tools":[],"seniority":"senior","years_experience_min":8,"german_requirement":"not_mentioned","german_level":"unspecified","english_requirement":"required","english_level":"unspecified","team_language":"unknown","confidence":0.4,"method":"rules","language_badge":"Not stated","language_evidence":null,"requirements_snippet":"- Strong understanding of detection & response methodologies and enterprise cyber defense concepts. - Hands-on experience in designing and implementing cyber defense capabilities (e.g., detection engineering, vulnerability …","url":"https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/jobdetail/13830-933607825-S","source":"bundesagentur","agency":null,"description_text":"**Company Description**\n\nAt METRO, we’re more than a global food wholesaler. We are ONE METRO: a diverse team of over 84,000 colleagues across more than 34 countries, united by one mission: enabling our 15 million customers to create meaningful moments in hospitality and independent trade.\n\nWe shape the M with passion, commitment, and growth mindset. This means taking on responsibility, making our company your company and creating a business together that remains true to its roots but always seeks new solutions.\n\n**Job Description**\n\n**About Us**\n\nJoin our dynamic Cyber Defense team and play a pivotal role in safeguarding METRO. We are committed to maintaining a resilient security posture and fostering an environment where innovation in cyber defense thrives. As a Cyber Defense Expert, you will have the opportunity to grow and deepen your expertise within a supportive, forward‑thinking organization.\n\n**Key Responsibilities**\n\n- **Operational Excellence:**\nYou are responsible for ensuring operational excellence of cyber defense tooling in the areas of _detection & response_ and _vulnerability management_.\n- **Detection & Response Enablement:**\nDrive the effectiveness, reliability, and continuous improvement of detection and response technologies to support global Cyber Defense operations.\n- **Threat Hunting:**\nDesign and execute _hypothesis‑based threat hunts_ to proactively identify malicious activity, uncover blind spots, and refine detection logic.\n- **Cyber Defense Integration:**\nCollaborate with Security Operations and cross-functional teams to ensure cyber defense capabilities are deeply embedded in daily workflows and processes.\n- **Continuous Improvement:**\nWork with global teams and partners to enhance the maturity, efficiency, and scalability of cyber defense practices.\n- **Knowledge Sharing:**\nContribute to team development by sharing insights, lessons learned, and emerging threat trends.\n\n**Qualifications**\n\n- Strong understanding of detection & response methodologies and enterprise cyber defense concepts.\n- Hands-on experience in designing and implementing cyber defense capabilities (e.g., detection engineering, vulnerability management, threat hunting), with a total of 8 years of experience, including 3 years in Threat Hunting.\n- Ability to translate security signals, threats, and patterns into actionable improvements.\n- Strong communication skills and experience working in cross-functional and international environments.\n- Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to contribute to long-term capability development.\n- Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or related credentials are a plus but not mandatory.\n\n**Why Join Us**\n\n- Work in a supportive and innovative environment that encourages growth.\n- Engage with modern cyber defense capabilities and evolve them at a global scale.\n- Join a team that values your expertise and contributions.\n- Help shape the future of METRO’s global cyber defense strategy.\n\n**Additional Information**\n\n- **Work-life balance:** Flexible working hours in agreement with your line manager, 30 days of holidays.\n- **Training:** A comprehensive training offer via our own training center or externally.\n- **Well-being:** Health days with lots of health checks and information about your well-being, company medical care including a range of preventive services, such as flu shots, OTHEB employee assistance program.\n- **Exciting life on campus:** Free gym and sports classes, Rioba coffee bar, canteen with discounted meals for employees, many campus events.\n- **Discounts:** discounted Jobticket as well as discounts in our wholesale stores and at many partner companies.\n- **Comfort:** Good transport connections, free parking spaces, JobBike.\n- **Company pension plan:** You will receive a contribution to your company pension.\n- **Family driven:** Three daycare centers for children on campus, support of holiday camps for children of employees.","responsibilities_text":"- **Operational Excellence:**\nYou are responsible for ensuring operational excellence of cyber defense tooling in the areas of _detection & response_ and _vulnerability management_.\n- **Detection & Response Enablement:**\nDrive the effectiveness, reliability, and continuous improvement of detection and response technologies to support global Cyber Defense operations.\n- **Threat Hunting:**\nDesign and execute _hypothesis‑based threat hunts_ to proactively identify malicious activity, uncover blind spots, and refine detection logic.\n- **Cyber Defense Integration:**\nCollaborate with Security Operations and cross-functional teams to ensure cyber defense capabilities are deeply embedded in daily workflows and processes.\n- **Continuous Improvement:**\nWork with global teams and partners to enhance the maturity, efficiency, and scalability of cyber defense practices.\n- **Knowledge Sharing:**\nContribute to team development by sharing insights, lessons learned, and emerging threat trends.","requirements_text":"- Strong understanding of detection & response methodologies and enterprise cyber defense concepts.\n- Hands-on experience in designing and implementing cyber defense capabilities (e.g., detection engineering, vulnerability management, threat hunting), with a total of 8 years of experience, including 3 years in Threat Hunting.\n- Ability to translate security signals, threats, and patterns into actionable improvements.\n- Strong communication skills and experience working in cross-functional and international environments.\n- Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to contribute to long-term capability development.\n- Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or related credentials are a plus 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