IT Security Engineer*

  • Langen

*Gender (f/m/d) doesn't matter, the main thing is aviation enthusiasts

Our best-known task: the safe, orderly and smooth handling of air traffic in Germany - by excellently trained air traffic controllers. However, as an employer with over 5,600 employees, we have a broader base: We offer attractive career prospects in many areas at our headquarters, branches and tower sites. With people who love their job and in an environment that feels like a family. Ready to start? 

Our company headquarters and a centre branch are located in Langen near Frankfurt. This is where the present and future of the Group is developed. With around 2,500 employees in the areas of management, IT, technology, training and further education - refreshingly located in the centre of a large, green campus.

 

 
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Job description

*Gender (f/m/d) doesn't matter, the main thing is aviation enthusiasts

Our best-known task: the safe, orderly and smooth handling of air traffic in Germany - by excellently trained air traffic controllers. However, as an employer with over 5,600 employees, we have a broader base: We offer attractive career prospects in many areas at our headquarters, branches and tower sites. With people who love their job and in an environment that feels like a family. Ready to start? 

Our company headquarters and a centre branch are located in Langen near Frankfurt. This is where the present and future of the Group is developed. With around 2,500 employees in the areas of management, IT, technology, training and further education - refreshingly located in the centre of a large, green campus.

 

 
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What you can expect from us

Support our team of 8 full-time in the Solution Design department and take responsibility for the continuous development of the IT security of our diverse system landscape.

Give your future the right altitude. With plenty of room for manoeuvre in a company that wants to set standards as an air navigation service provider: personally, technically, sustainably.

 

Our benefits

✈ 32 days paid time off (including holidays) per year, plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off
✈ Attractive salary structure / pay scale-based remuneration incl. company pension scheme
✈ Flexible working hours with a 38.5-hour week
✈ Mobile working
✈ Secure career prospects
✈ Discounted offer in the company restaurant / cafeteria
✈ Wide range of leisure and sports activities on the Langen campus
✈ Access to discounted tourism portals

Your tasks include

✈ Designing security concepts: Responsibility for implementing security concepts for complex software changes and developing new subsystems, components and modules. Coordinating the development of security specifications and software architecture. Evaluation of new security solutions to increase the security of the cloud

✈ Implementation and acceptance: Realisation and implementation of software specifications and applications. Carrying out acceptance tests including the creation of acceptance protocols

✈ Analysis and consulting: Analysis of highly complex technical and operational security requirements. Creation of customised security implementation concepts. Advising internal customers and employees and deriving recommendations for action in the area of security by design

✈ Negotiations and coordination: Independent conduct of negotiations with external and international suppliers. Coordination of the clarification of overarching issues

✈ Integration of new software: Integration of newly developed software and tools into the target environment. Management of the acceptance tests

✈ Management of interdisciplinary projects: Taking over the management of interdisciplinary, also international working groups and projects.

✈ Compliance with standards: Analysing national and international standards for cloud infrastructures. Development of technical implementations to ensure continuous compliance with information security guidelines

What you bring with you

✈ Degree in a scientific or technical field (e.g. computer science, mathematics, communications engineering) or a comparable qualification

✈ Several years of in-depth experience in the application of security specifications and guidelines in software development

✈ Several years of experience in the design and architecture of applications, ideally in cloud environments

✈ Several years of experience in IT security, especially in threat analysis, incident response and security architectures

✈ Comprehensive knowledge and experience in the field of computer science, in particular the programming languages Java, C++ and scripting languages

✈ Several years of experience with project management methods and the application of relevant standards and tools

✈ Ideally existing certificates such as CISSP, CISM or CEH and existing knowledge of security standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST

✈ High degree of analytical ability, goal-orientation and cooperation skills as well as very good communication, moderation and presentation skills

✈ Business fluent in written and spoken English
 

About the company

DFS - that stands for DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH.

With around 5,800 employees at 19 locations, we ensure that millions of passengers reach their destinations safely and reliably every year.

We control air traffic in German airspace and ensure that all aircraft always keep sufficient distance from each other. We also make sure that the aircraft under our control reach their destination on time and without major detours - and thus as environmentally friendly as possible. We also help to protect against aircraft noise through intelligent flight routes and low-noise procedures. We rely on teamwork and technical innovations.

Our benefits

  • Promotion opportunities
  • Vocational training
  • Company pension scheme
  • Company kindergarten
  • Company bike
  • Company car
  • Flexible working hours
  • Home office
  • Public transport ticket / subsidy
  • Team building
  • Further training