HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Automation Engineer to join our Global Cybersecurity Team. The Global Cybersecurity Team identifies and assesses all threats, exploits and vulnerabilities in our product environment, provides respective reports to key stakeholders and adjusts our SSDLC tool pipeline accordingly. If you are passionate about Product Security and want to develop solutions that will secure our enterprise across all Harman Automotive lines of business, then we want to talk to you.

What You Will Do

Collaborate closely with the Vulnerability Management, drive the automation efforts of the team to enable product security to be proactive part of our product development and maintenance process and aid highly accurate vulnerability identification needed at all SDLC stages, across all versions, all components, and all branches of our product’s softwareTranslate security issues into smaller problems, define automated solutions for those specific problems, and then chain features that can be used to tackle multiple issues in an automated mannerImplement custom roles for OS hardening, infrastructure as code, compliance as code and technical capability to perform vulnerability management at scaleDesign, engineer, deploy, and maintain custom automation productsBuild security tooling and automation for internal use that enable the Security Department to operate at high speed and wide scaleCollaborate with product teams to ensure that technical compliance meets security automation requirements for ourselves and our usersAssess automation tools and integrate tools as needed, especially open-source toolsProduce quality automation code

What You Need

BA/BS or MS Degree in Computer Science or similar with 3-5+ years of industry experience in a technical cybersecurity role5+ years of experience in either IT, embedded systems, HW developmentExcellent knowledge of pipeline security, risks, threats and best practicesHands-on experience with DevSecOps processes and toolsGood knowledge in developing tools in Python and Bash or PowerShellGood knowledge in cloud automationExcellent collaboration, prioritization, problem solving and communication skillsBold and innovative mindset, enjoying challenging yourselfGreat team-player with strong interpersonal skillsEnglish fluent; German is a plus

What is Nice to Have

Automotive cybersecurity experience (preferably from Tier-1 or OEM)At least one of the following certifications or a similar one will be a plus:CDP – Certified DevSecOps ProfessionalSANS SEC598: Security Automation for Offense, Defense, and CloudOffensiveSANS SEC540: Cloud Security and DevSecOps Automation – GIAC GCSASOAR, SIEM or Vulnerability Management experienceExperience in IoT / Embedded systems security engineering

What Makes You Eligible

Be willing to travel up to 5% of the time, domestic and international travel Be willing to work in an office in Germany

What We Offer

HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensationYou will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung productsFlexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balanceAttractive salary package based on the Metall & Elektro Tarif Baden Wurttemberg and an Employer contribution towards a company pension planProfessional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainingsInternal talent management leadership acceleration programs“Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.