Cyber Security Incident Commander

As the Cyber Security Incident Commander, you will play a crucial role in ensuring swift and effective responses to high-priority security incidents and threats targeting Knauf. Your primary objective is to coordinate and oversee the response efforts, ensuring timely communication, task delegation, and proactive resolution of emerging threats. Working closely with the CSIRT cyber crisis team, you will contribute to maintaining the security and resilience of Knauf's digital infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Lead and coordinate the response to high-priority Cyber Security Incidents from start to finish within the Cyber Crisis Team.

• Establish and manage communication channels during incidents, ensuring timely updates and effective collaboration among team members.

• Onboard and train team members on best practices for incident communication, ensuring all participants are well-prepared.

• Rapidly assess incidents, make critical decisions, and prioritize actions throughout the incident lifecycle for efficient resolution.

• Delegate tasks and oversee execution, escalating issues to senior or specialized personnel as needed to expedite resolution.

• Prepare and distribute regular status reports to stakeholders, maintaining team focus and morale during high-pressure situations.

• Conduct thorough post-incident analysis, prepare final reports, and drive the implementation of improvements based on lessons learned.

• Support proactive responses to emerging threats, such as zero-day vulnerabilities, by managing communication and coordinating tasks across teams.

Who you are

• You excel in communication and leadership, with a proven ability to guide and coordinate teams through high-stress incidents.

• You bring extensive experience in Information Security Incident Management, including handling large-scale, complex incidents and implementing best practices across all phases.

• You are a skilled decision-maker and problem-solver, able to prioritize and act effectively based on expert recommendations.

• You hold a Master’s degree and/or 5+ years of relevant experience in incident handling, security operations, or IT incident management, demonstrating strong leadership capabilities.

• You possess or are pursuing advanced security certifications, such as CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, or CISM, reflecting your commitment to the field.

WE.YOU.TOGETHER.

We all shape our lives in our own way. As an employer, we are an important part that indirectly supports this with a wide range of offers, as well as providing security and reliability for all employees. This includes, among other things:

• S ecurity: Permanent employment contract in a stable, successful family-owned business
• Flexibility: A wide time window for flexible working and weekly home office days
• Feel Welcome: Welcome days and individual onboarding, company and team events
• Personal career and career development: Individual support for extra-occupational studies, further education and training courses
• Inspiring work environment: Our nicely designed office offers you an environment that fosters creativity and productivity. We love coming together as a team here!

Knauf as an employer

Knauf is an international market leader in the building materials' industry. About 42.500 employees at over 300 locations worldwide generate a turnover of over 15,6 billion euros. The foundation of our success as family business are our corporate values of humanity, partnership, commitment and entrepreneurial spirit. As a subsidiary, Knauf IT has the mandate to drive commercial excellence through digitalization for all companies of the Knauf Group globally. Our mission is to rethink what it means to provide value to our customers and thereby drive growth for our businesses around the world.

The Knauf Group is a proud equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment and therefore base all our employment selection decisions, within all aspects of our business, on experience, skill, and integrity. We strongly encourage applicants from all walks of life to apply for our positions, irrespective of age, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, origin, religion, etc.