Cyber Security Specialist

As an Information Security Engineer, you will play a key role in protecting CSCS services, infrastructure and research environments. You will work closely with infrastructure, platform and application teams to strengthen CSCS’s security posture and keep its operating environment resilient and secure.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Design, implement and continuously improve security controls across the infrastructure.
• Monitor, detect, investigate and respond to security incidents using SIEM platforms (e.g. Wazuh or equivalent) and other security tools, including on-call duties where applicable and subject to an agreed operational arrangement.
• Extend security monitoring to the Secure Computing Environment: onboard log sources, manage retention, and operate its circuit-breaker and audit trails.
• Conduct threat hunting and security investigations using frameworks such as MITRE ATT and CK.
• Lead and coordinate vulnerability management, including identification, prioritisation, remediation tracking and risk assessment.
• Secure containerised and Kubernetes-based environments, integrating security throughout the platform lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain security monitoring, detection and response capabilities, automating wherever it pays off.
• Collaborate with internal teams to prevent, identify and mitigate security risks.
• Promote a strong security culture through awareness initiatives, training sessions and engagement across the organisation and our user community.

Your profile:

• Several years of hands-on experience in security operations or security engineering.
• Strong knowledge of security monitoring, threat detection, incident response and security investigations.
• Experience with SIEM technol