Incident Responder - German speaking (m/f/d)
About this role
Welcome to Baobab Risk Solutions – Your Partner for the Cyber Security of Tomorrow! The digital world is growing – and with it, the threat of cyber attacks. Every successful attack not only jeopardizes businesses but also undermines trust in our connected society. At Baobab Risk Solutions, we are committed to making the digital world safer – proactively, sustainably, and with cutting-edge technology. Our mission: to protect companies from cyber threats before they arise, contributing to a more secure digital future. Shape the digital security of tomorrow with us. Join a team that doesn’t just watch but actively protects. Your ideas and commitment can make all the difference. If that’s not enough, here’s more:
• Flexible Working: With your MacBook, you can work from home two days per week and work in our modern office in Berlin the remaining days. • Attractive Compensation: Competitive salary and VSOP options. • Growth & Career: Grow with us – in a dynamic company with clear advancement opportunities. • and many more benefits.
Baobab Risk Solutions – Growing together. Making the digital world safer, together.
Your Mission
• Execute containment and forensic investigation of ransomware, business email compromise and other incidents: preserve evidence, analyse host and identity logs, and develop findings with specialist guidance. • Support systems restoration after cyber incidents: assess backups, rebuild servers and endpoints, resolve dependencies and validate services before returning them to use. • Work with client IT teams and managed service providers across Windows, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, virtualisation and backup environments. • Document technical work and communicate progress, uncertainties and blockers, escalating risks to the lead. • Put cutting-edge AI tools to work in investigations, recovery and automation. Experiment with new approaches, validate results and help shape how the team adopts them, while protecting incident data. • Improve recovery checklists, scripts and playbooks by sharing lessons from casework.
Your Profile
Minimum requirements for the role
• Professional working proficiency in German and English for client discussions, written updates and coordination with international response partners. • 2+ years of hands-on experience in IT support, systems administration, recovery or incident response. • Experience using SIEM, EDR and forensic tools, such as Windows Defender for Business, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Velociraptor, X-Ways, KAPE, Hayabusa, SOF-ELK or OpenRelik. (These are examples; experience with comparable tools is equally relevant.) • Basic experience documenting technical work in tickets, change logs or recovery notes. • Practical experience using AI tools for technical tasks, such as information extraction, log analysis or agentic workflows. • Openness to coaching and feedback, and motivation to develop your security and investigation skills.