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Process Specialist with expertise in Cyber Security Worldwide Remote 110 and 140k CHF/year

Where you work

You work at least 50 to 60% where you want to work.

However, your work also takes place partly in the computer lab and at the customer’s site. You can use our labs either at the MPI in Munich, at Fraunhofer in Stuttgart or Darmstadt, as well as our own labs in the canton of Zurich.

Remuneration

The compensation is based on your qualifications. It is expected to be between 110 and 140k CHF/year.

Job description summarized

We are looking for you as a Process Specialist with know-how in Cyber Security. Methodically develop our Intelligent Networks product area. Develop new processes for enriching data between security systems. Analyze the data potential with regard to expanding our knowledge of network-based security AI. Optimize processes across all training phases with our Data Scientists, especially for the pre-training phase. Analyze data from attack scenarios with our Data Scientists; define processes to standardize the transmission and automated parsing of data from partners, e.g., telecommunications companies and cloud providers. Develop processes for the automated improvement of the security AI of our open-source cloud.

Who is HighPots?

At HighPots, everything revolves around software. HighPots and its over 150 natural and engineering science colleagues develop complex software for various industries along complete value chains. We operate software in our own open-source cloud for corporate customers and ourselves, and we have our own products in the areas of Cyber Security and ML on the market. Furthermore, we use software to support unique solutions within the scope of R&D projects.

HighPots also orchestrates an R&D cluster for companies in the DACH region. This consists of over 50 large and medium-sized companies, as well as institutes and universities. In this research cluster, more than 330 people are now working on mostly open-source solutions in the areas of cyber security, Industry 4.0-IoT topics, and automated process vulnerability identification.

At HighPots, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are tools used in the development of software and hardware. We employ highly specialized AIs. In specialized fields, these are far superior to generative AIs known from the media, such as ChatGPT. Become part of our AI Lab and work with us on the next intelligence explosion of our new expert system.

Areas of responsibility – what you do with us

• Identify and define processes
• Develop options for producing, measuring, and validating data within processes; the utilization and process-oriented further development of the ML components developed by HighPots for this purpose is part of your everyday work
• Qualification of the results of the process ML components and ensuring reproducible quality
• Contribute to the further development of our expert system (Bayes network) by docking the ML components you have procedurally further developed; for this, you will be responsible for knowledge transfer to the software engineers
• Support of the science team in the further development of the recommendation system through validated results from the Bayes network
• Automated real-time improvement of the recommendation system through our Deep Reinforcement Learning model; for this, you also use data from external partners (e.g., telecommunications companies) as training data, which is processed accordingly by our software engineers
  Implementation of our Cyber Security recommendation system in our customer open source cloud
• Procedural development of the connection to AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
• Usage of our self-hosted LLaMA model for documentation and retrospective validation of our recommendation system, as well as for the preparation of internal and external audits by the BSI
• Support for our teams responsible for security certification (ITSEC & CC)

Qualifications – what you bring

• At least 10 years of experience as a Data Scientist
• Deep knowledge of Bayesian statistics
• Sound knowledge in the area of expert systems and their transition to recommendation or assistance systems
• Many years of experience in technical process management
• Knowledge in LaTeX
• Experience in agile environments at the organizational level (SAFe)
• Knowledge of the functioning of Transformer models
• Affinity for the topics Cyber Security, Data Backup, and ISMS
• Discipline and perseverance
• Interdisciplinary thinking
• Formal logic
• Quick grasp
• Excellent university degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Business Mathematics, Philosophy with a focus on Logic, or comparable science-oriented subjects
• Studied completed in less time than the standard period of study
• Nice to have: CMMI and Requirements Engineering certifications

What you can expect

• Mentorship Program
• Permanent professional further training and personal development
• High-Tech Computer Lab
• Access to mainframes for simulation and execution of various attack scenarios
• Full team identification with the mission
• Contacts with Cyber Security research departments at almost all well-known corporations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• Collaboration with renowned universities and researchers worldwide in the fields of Cyber Security and AI Expert Systems
• Above-average salary
• 50 – 60% location-independent work, 20 to 30% lab work, approx. 10% at the customer’s site, and approx. 10% work on a project of your choice

We have neither pinball machines nor table football machines or game consoles. We offer a close intellectual and humanistic team connection with colorful, goal-oriented discussions. We work because we want to work. Because we want to grow beyond ourselves to advance topics that are bigger than any individual or the entire team. We do this in a medium-sized, down-to-earth culture, but with constant contact and touchpoints to the most progressive corporations worldwide as well as to top-tier research institutions in Europe, the USA, Japan, and China.

Next Steps

If you feel addressed, send us your tabular CV as well as a short description of the projects that are relevant to the job advertisement.

We will carefully review your documents and give you feedback within 1 week at the latest. If the application process continues, we will invite you to a video conference to get to know each other better, both professionally and culturally. A short, approximately 30-minute test and a subsequent interview will conclude the application process. In the test, you will solve a task on a computer within the subject area where you see your strongest competencies. The focus will not be on the result, but on your approach. For the test, you can use any tools you wish, including AI of your choice.

Please send us your documents as an encrypted PDF document. Send the password for decryption in a separate email or another secure channel of your choice from your perspective. Our email address is: social-together@highpots.com. Please include the reference number CSPO3/45 in the subject line of your email.