(1st line) Cyber Security Specialist

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Job Description

Do you want to become our Security Specialist and work internationally on securing our IT landscape?

IT Security is continuously increasing in it’s importance at Vattenfall. Our highly secured assets spread over different European countries; the fast-evolving digitalization; cyber threats and local security regulations makes our work both challenging and interesting.

Your responsibilities

As a Cyber Security Specialist, you will work in an international team of experts in IT Security. We monitor and analyse all information to secure all levels of the organization and external partners. You would do this by:

• Monitoring and analysing information security alerts from SIEM, infrastructure devices and information systems, 
• Ensuring that all incidents, alerts and exceptions are responded to in accordance with established procedures,
• Escalating events to a 2nd Line Security Analyst, 
• Being responsible for SOC work instructions, ensuring they are reviewed and amended,
• Maintaining coherence in security concepts, tools and best practices

Qualifications

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious person who is not afraid of asking critical questions and that constantly strives for improvement. On top of that you will bring:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer security, or related technical discipline coupled with one year of experience in information technology.  

Furthermore, ideally you bring:

• Experience of vulnerabilities threats and security incidents assessment, 
• Familiarity with security scanners, SIEM, monitoring, auditing and intrusion detection systems, and forensic response preferred,
• Familiarity with threat intelligence, alerts, vulnerabilities, and anti-virus software preferred, 
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels of employees,
• Ability to work under time pressure.
• Willingness to work in shifts (24/7/365)

Additional Information

Our offer 

• We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field.
• You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues
• A professional environment where your business intelligence knowledge and attitude will bring us one step further.
• Furthermore, a healthy work-life balance (smart working) and time to develop your profession
• At Vattenfall you get the opportunity to work for a clean energy company that aims for creating fossil free energy within one generation.
• And last but not least; International and multi-cultural work environment with energetic, motivated colleagues that like to have fun as well!

More Information 

We welcome your application in English. For more information on the process please contact Recruiter Ewa Krajewska at ewa.krajewska@vattenfall.com

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable, efficient and attractive company. Therefore we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of age, religion, gender identity & expression, sexual identity, disability and ethnic background.

Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!