Senior Security Analyst - Germany

About us

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.   

Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.

About the role

Responsibilities

• Assess the security posture of insureds and prospective insureds across programs, technologies, controls, and business environments.


• Investigate incidents and cyber insurance claims to identify root cause, attack vectors, control gaps, and opportunities for prevention.


• Advise customers and security leaders on practical, prioritized improvements across architecture, cloud security, data protection, and compliance.


• Translate threat intelligence and observed attacker behavior into detection tradecraft and actionable security recommendations.


• Partner with Product and cross-functional teams to improve risk models, underwriting approaches, and security-focused applications.


• Track emerging practices, regulatory developments, and industry trends to inform Coalition’s customers, processes, and products.

Skills and Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in security analysis, blue-team or defensive security, penetration testing, red-team operations, incident response, or a related discipline.


• Expert understanding of network threat lifecycles, attack vectors, exploitation methods, and attacker TTPs.


• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols, network analysis, and network and security applications, including log analysis and network traffic capture analysis.


• Ability to investigate incidents and claims, determine root cause, and recommend effective preventive or detective controls.


• Familiarity with NIST, ISO, HIPAA, and PCI frameworks and their practical application.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide clear recommendations to technical and executive audiences.


• Effective in a fast-paced, evolving environment where they can help improve processes and products.


• Fluent written and verbal communication skills in both English and German are required. 

Bonus Points

• Experience analyzing cyber insurance claims or translating security findings into underwriting, rating, or risk-scoring inputs.


• Hands-on experience with cloud security, security architecture, data protection, or security control assessments.


• Background in threat intelligence and developing detection tradecraft from observed attacker behavior.


• Experience advising CISOs or customers on prioritizing security improvements based on risk, feasibility, and business context.


• Demonstrated ability to create or improve internal security processes, products, or analytical methodologies.

Bonus Points 

• Experience analyzing cyber insurance claims or translating security findings into underwriting, rating, or risk-scoring inputs.


• Hands-on experience with cloud security, security architecture, data protection, or security control assessments.


• Background in threat intelligence and developing detection tradecraft from observed attacker behavior.


• Experience advising CISOs or customers on prioritizing security improvements based on risk, feasibility, and business context.


• Demonstrated ability to create or improve internal security processes, products, or analytical methodologies.

Perks

• Full time employment contract in Germany 


• Supplemental preventative medical insurance (bKV), 100% covered by the employer 


• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, 100% covered by employer


• 30+ paid vacation days


• Position based in Germany, in full remote work setup


• Annual home office stipend + access to coworking spaces


• Mental & physical health wellness programs


• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

*This job posting is open to all genders.