Civilian jobs in Germany after military cyber defence work

864 open roles at 429 companies in Germany fit the civilian work of military cyber defence specialists: Security (634) and Networking (230). The roles were matched by hand to the work these specialties do in most armed forces, whatever a given army calls the trade.

Roles matched by handRebuilt 27 Oct 2026
open roles in Germany
864
companies
429
civilian role areas
2
median stated pay (security)
$90k

Civilian roles for military cyber defence

Match: the share of the specialty's civilian work in each area
Role areaMatchOpen rolesMedian pay
Security80%634$90k
Networking20%230$114k

Roles that fit military cyber defence

Isar Aerospace

isaraerospace.com
isaraerospace.com • HQ: Ottobrunn, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Launch Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 120, 15 new
HQ: Ottobrunn, Germany • Aerospace Manufacturing • Launch Services • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 120, 15 new
Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company headquartered in Ottobrunn, near Munich, and was founded in 2018. The company develops and builds the Spectrum launch vehicle, a two-stage rocket designed to transport small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into orbit. It operates production facilities in Germany and utilizes launch sites such as the Andoya Spaceport in Norway to provide flexible and cost-effective access to space for global commercial and government customers.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

IT Network Administrator (f/m/d)

Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Parsdorf, Germany) • Middle
Bash
Python
DevOps
Grafana
Ansible
Terraform
Windows
DHCP
VLAN
BGP
OSPF
TCP/IP
DNS
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
+5
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 18 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Manager Network & Systems Administration (m/f/d)

≈ $62k – $150k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Parsdorf, Germany) • Senior
Bash
Python
DevOps
Red Hat
Debian
HAProxy
Nginx
Configuration Management
Proxmox VE
KVM
DHCP
VLAN
BGP
OSPF
VMWare
TCP/IP
DNS
Ansible
Terraform
Linux
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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Heldenrat

heldenrat-gmbh.de
heldenrat-gmbh.de • HQ: Hamburg, Germany • 1001-5000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 142, 58 new
HQ: Hamburg, Germany • 1001-5000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 142, 58 new
Heldenrat GmbH is a German consultancy and social business specializing in corporate sustainability, digital transformation, and organizational development. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the firm helps businesses, non-profit organizations, and public sector entities navigate complex structural changes by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards with modern digital tools. Through comprehensive strategy consulting, change management, regulatory reporting frameworks (such as CSRD and DNK), and stakeholder dialogue formats, it empowers organizations to build future-proof, value-driven operations.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior IAM Engineer (all genders)

≈ $81k – $153k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Berlin, Germany) • Relocation • Senior
Go
DevOps
IAM
Cybersecurity
Okta
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voestalpine

voestalpine.com
voestalpine.com • HQ: Linz, Austria • Automotive Components • Metals & Metallurgy • Est. 1938 • Trust B • Hiring 205, 14 new
HQ: Linz, Austria • Automotive Components • Metals & Metallurgy • Est. 1938 • Trust B • Hiring 205, 14 new
voestalpine is an Austrian steel-based technology and capital goods group headquartered in Linz, producing high-quality steel, special steels, tool steel, welding consumables, railway systems, automotive components and profiled products. Listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995, it has hundreds of group companies on all five continents, including Bohler in Kapfenberg, voestalpine Bohler Welding and voestalpine Railway Systems with signaling units such as one in Poland. It hires machinists, electricians, production workers, warehouse staff and apprentices in Austria and Germany, plus SAP consultants, information security managers, sales engineers and project managers.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 60%

Product Security Engineer (m/w/d)

≈ $73k – $157k per year (Estimated) • In office (Siershahn, Germany) • Full-Time • German: B2 • English: B2
Threat Modeling
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SPREAD

spread.aispread
spread.aispread • HQ: Berlin, Germany • Low-Code & No-Code Platforms • CAD, PLM & BIM Software • Hiring 2, 1 new
HQ: Berlin, Germany • Low-Code & No-Code Platforms • CAD, PLM & BIM Software • Hiring 2, 1 new
SPREAD is a software company pioneering agentic engineering intelligence through a low-code platform that turns fragmented hardware and software product data into dynamic product twins. Its Universal Engineering Information Model builds an AI-ready knowledge base across the product lifecycle, and it is recruiting an information security and compliance officer. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.
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1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Information Security Officer (f/m/d)

≈ $66k – $143k per year (Estimated) • In office (Berlin, Germany) • Full-Time
AI Agents
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
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MERKUR SPIELBANKEN

merkur-spielbanken.de
merkur-spielbanken.de • HQ: Espelkamp, Germany • iGaming & Gambling • Hiring 2, 2 new
HQ: Espelkamp, Germany • iGaming & Gambling • Hiring 2, 2 new
MERKUR SPIELBANKEN is a leading German casino operator running casinos such as those in Lower Saxony, part of the Gauselmann group. It focuses on responsible gambling and hires IT systems architects and network specialists. The company is headquartered in Espelkamp, Germany.
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1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

IT-Netzwerkspezialist (m/w/d)

≈ $45k – $117k per year (Estimated) • In office (Hanover, Germany) • Full-Time
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wenglor sensoric

wenglor.com
wenglor.com • HQ: Friedrichshafen, Germany • Machine Vision & 3D Cameras • Sensors & Transducers • 11-50 employees • Est. 1983 • Hiring 3, 2 new
HQ: Friedrichshafen, Germany • Machine Vision & 3D Cameras • Sensors & Transducers • 11-50 employees • Est. 1983 • Hiring 3, 2 new
wenglor develops photoelectric sensors, safety technology and machine vision products. Its sensors serve packaging, automotive and intralogistics automation. The family owned group also supplies three dimensional profile sensors.
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$78k per year • Germany • Remote (Germany) • Full-Time
VPN
TCP/IP
Cybersecurity
SIEM
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How is military cyber defence matched to civilian roles?

By hand, as a family: armies name and split these trades differently, so the page follows the work itself - what cyber defence specialists do in most armed forces - and the role areas every posting here is sorted by.

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Source: specialty families matched by hand; 864 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 27 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0