Cyber Security Engineer (a)

Security Operations | Full Time (80-100%) | St. Gallen, Switzerland

What's the weather like tomorrow? ️

How much energy will my solar power plant generate this week? Is this flight path safe and efficient? Will there be enough rain to water my crops? As the weather affects many industries' performance, businesses keep a close eye on what's happening in the skies.

At Meteomatics, we're a team of proud experts who deliver the most accurate weather data to over 600 companies and research institutions worldwide, helping them accelerate the energy transition, reduce the business’ impact on the environment, and make products and services safer for society.

Meteomatics is growing faster than you can say lightning! And we're now looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join us in St. Gallen

Be ready to use your creativity and security skills: You will work in our newly formed Security Unit within the Infrastructure Team, creating, maintaining and improving our security solutions; protecting our on-premise systems and data from cyber-attacks.

What you'll do

• Work closely within our small security team to shape the way forward for cyber security in Meteomatics.
• Proactively ensure the best practices and highest levels of security for hundreds of systems, petabytes of data, and a unique SaaS that must run 24/7/365.
• Monitor and protect our unmanned aerial vehicles deployed around the world with the best practices and highest standards of security.
• Create, improve and enforce cyber security policies, protocols and infrastructure security - including configuration and maintenance.
• Support IT and developers - with your knowledge and hands-on - to create secure solutions.
• Test, monitor and identify vulnerabilities; verify, respond and fix external and internal security incidents.
• Stay up to date with cyber security trends to keep Meteomatics secure in the future.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or Systems Engineering or a related field, and/or relevant certifications and qualifications.
• Relevant work experience in hands-on CyberSecurity related tasks.
• Common infrastructure knowledge such as Networking and usage of Linux in a professional context.
• Programming skills in Python, Bash or other scripting languages.
• Interest in Information Security Management Systems and Security Policy Development.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to constantly improve yourself and your team.
• Good communication (written and spoken) in English (other languages are beneficial).
• Favorable would be knowledge and/or experience in the following topics:
  • Standards such as ISO 27001, NIST 800, etc.
  • Firewalls, IDS/IPS and SIEM (including practical implementation).
  • Previous and current participation in CTFs / Wargames.

What you'll get

• Company culture: A dynamic and collaborative company culture, with a highly motivated and passionate team of international colleagues (see more here).
• Hybrid work: we love meeting our colleagues at the office, but we also know how good it is to work from home sometimes. Up to two days "work from home" per week!
• Fun: our HR team is keen on organising social activities. Join us for barbecues at the terrace, ski day on the Swiss mountains, LAN party, after-work drinks and much more!
• 5 vacation weeks: we work better when we're well-rested!

Meteomatics is a world-leading weather and climate data provider, passionate about transforming and growing the application of weather information globally. We want people who share our mission to help organizations accelerate the energy transition and protect lives and property by accessing accurate weather forecasts.

Still reading?

We're looking forward to your application!

To learn more about Meteomatics, please visit our website: www.meteomatics.com

Meteomatics is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.