Cyber Security Engineer (m​/f​/d

Permanent full-time position, starting as soon as possible, in Freigericht.

CID GmbH is an innovative and dynamically growing IT company that supports organizations worldwide in their digital transformation. With 14 locations across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we develop solutions that make companies more efficient along the entire digital value chain – from customized software and modern data stacks to cloud-native architectures and artificial intelligence.

Our work combines consulting, strategic planning, product design, and technical implementation. Through our “Smart Accelerators” framework, we support our customers from the initial idea through to the successful realization of complex IT and software solutions. In doing so, we place particular emphasis on security, scalability, and sustainable value creation.

Our expertise is based on five pillars: digital transformation consulting, modern data stacks and AI, cloud-native software and transformation, cloud operations and enablement, and cybersecurity. With this broad range of competencies, we design future-proof, data-driven, and scalable digital ecosystems that provide our customers with sustainable competitive advantages.

CID works across industries with global brands from manufacturing, retail, financial services, and telecommunications. Through close cooperation with science and research, we continuously develop new approaches to elevate information management and business processes to a new technological level.

You explain complex topics in a way that doesn’t leave people staring blankly but instead gets them thinking along. And when everyone says, “Looks fine to me,” you’re the person who smiles politely and asks: “But why, exactly?”

You don’t just accept that your EDR needs a kernel driver – you want to understand why. You know that “But we do have a firewall” sounds about as reassuring as “This ship is unsinkable.” And you can demonstrate how data still finds its way out.

Nmap, Burp, Responder, Blood Hound – of course you know them. But what really gets our attention is when you’ve expanded your toolkit with tools of your own. Because the ready-made script didn’t quite do what you wanted. Because you could do it better. Or simply because Saturday night was still long.

You’re not here just to drop off a report – you’re here to understand where it really hurts and to build solutions together with the client (internal or external) that last beyond the next audit.

You become a sparring partner on equal footing: you listen, think along, and make security tangible – without fear mongering. Whether you simulate attacks, secure processes, or enable teams depends on the client. The important thing is that you leave them stronger than you found them.

Forget the image of the lone hoodie wearer in a dark basement. With us, cyber security is a team sport – just with better inside jokes.

Humor is mandatory. Anyone who spends their day chasing vulnerabilities, dissecting incidents, and explaining to developers why –privileged is not a lifestyle feature needs one thing: people around them who can laugh about it.

Real community instead of org-chart cosmetics. We’re not a team because a slide says so. We’re a team because we’ve got each other’s backs. Everyone knows everyone here, egos stay at the door, and knowledge is shared – not hoarded.

Motivation that doesn’t come from motivational posters. We’re driven by genuine curiosity, not buzzword bingo. New attack vectors, clever exploits, a tool nobody else has on their radar yet – that’s what makes us open our laptops in the morning. Voluntarily. Before the first coffee (okay, usually after the first coffee).

No two days…