Information-Security-Officer
Context
Participate in the scientific adventure of in silico materials design by maintaining, expanding and securing a complex IT environment!
We have pioneered and become the world-leader of organic Crystal Structure Prediction. With our pharmaceutical industry customers and staff from all around the world, we are inventing the next generation of software tools for in silico materials design.
Support us to make it happen!
The position is full time, permanent. As part of a German and English speaking team you work in close collaboration with two senior IT specialists. You report to Dr Marcus Neumann, the Science and IT Director and to Elsa Gheziel M.A., the HR, Communication and Administration Director. You start within three months.
Preparing, obtaining and maintaining ISO 27001 certification, you play a key role in supporting AMS´s business growth:
- you design, implement and maintain IT security measures, in collaboration with our IT team
- you train all collaborators from secretary to scientists
- you ensure reviews and policy compliance
Avant-garde Materials Simulation has successfully competed in the last three CSP blind tests and is pioneering other areas of predictive materials modelling. We rapidly deploy new technology to leading pharmaceutical companies.
We put the principles of sustainable development into practice and offer an industrial working environment with an academic touch. We are a multi-cultural team that develops software for a global market.
Our offices are located in Freiburg (Merzhausen), Germany, on the border of the Black Forest. The city has a rich student life with a variety of places to unwind after work. The residential areas offer green, calm surroundings that are ideal for healthy lifestyles and families. Close to France and Switzerland, the Black Forest is one of Germany ́s most touristic regions known for the beauty of its lakes and landscapes. In the wintertime the region offers good opportunities for alpine and cross-country skiing.
Your responsibilities
- Draft policies and guidelines to comply with ISO 27001 standards
- Collaborate with management and the IT department to improve security
- Take in charge IT security audits of our customers
- Identifying vulnerabilities in our current network
- Identify and solve potential and actual security problems
- Implement and maintain security controls
- Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to secure our computing network
- Monitor network usage to ensure compliance with security policies
- Keep up to date with developments in IT security standards and threats
- Document security breaches and assess their damage if any
- Educate colleagues about security software and best practices for information security
Your profile
Soft skills: do you share our vision and values?
- Prioritisation and ability to analyse problems to the roots
- Quick learner, intellectual curiosity
- Soft human interface: cooperative, friendly manners in the in day-to-day interactions with colleagues and customers are a must
- Ability to act in the interest of the company: loyalty and dedication
- Intercultural awareness and open personality are a must
- You are commited to reduce your carbon footprint and you think that respect is an important value at the workplace
Hard skills: do you bring in...?
- Excellent written and spoken English and German
- Your field experience and interpersonal skills will be your best assets
- Proven work experience as a Security Specialist, ISO officer or similar role in a Linux/Mac environment
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
What we offer: a workplace to shape your future
We are a small family business with short communication paths. The impact of your work is immediately visible and directly supports other team members.
We aim to provide a professional environment in which people from all over the world at different stages of their lives can find the work-life balance that suits them.
Because we care about our employees, our customers’ needs, scientific progress and the planet, working at AMS does have a meaning.
- Flexible work time management around core hours
- Free organic coffee & teas, fresh fruits
- Resilient, organic garden with a planter where employees can grow their own fruits and vegetables
- A quiet workplace with the quality of a living space (not open plan offices)
- Part-time work for some of the positions
- Job specific training
- Yearly: 28 days paid leave (full time based) + about 10 days public holidays
- Equal opportunity policy
- Help with settling in if you are located outside Germany
What about recruitment at Avant-garde Materials Simulation?
Avant-garde Materials Simulation Deutschland is an equal opportunities recruiter: your application is welcome regardless of your age, gender, ethnic origin, disabilities or religion/beliefs.
What matters most to us, beyond your skills and experience, is your mindset. Tell us more about your philosophy at work and your soft skills in your application form under Your Motivation-s.
Step 1
Fill-in Application Form, and you get notified in case of successful completion.
Step 2
Pre-screening of candidates by AMS Human Resources, and you get notified about early rejection, or Step 3.
Step 3
You are invited to take some hard and soft-skills tests, and you get notified about rejection, or Step 4.
Step 4
Remote interview, and you get notified about rejection, or Step 5.
Step 5
On-site day in Freiburg: series of hands-on tests and interviews with AMS Management and the concerned Department.
Step 6
Decision on job offer, you get notified within 2 weeks.
Curious?
Discover Avant-garde Materials Simulation Deutschland GmbH.
Sharing common values is the basis for a diverse and happy Team!
Our mindset
- We are addicted to innovation
- Our software is used by many large pharmaceutical companies
- Our customer’s problems are our problems
- We are a family business
- We do business to invest in science, not the other way around
Our Business Ethics
- Sustainable development
- Renewable energies
- Soft mobility and CO2 offset for travels
- Low energy consumption
- A culture of respect and openness towards colleagues and partners