Cyber Engineer – GCDC – Automation and Integration
Joining Maersk will embark you on a transformational journey with great opportunities for career development within a global organization. Risk is at the heart of our approach to cyber security in Maersk.
A globally focused shipping and transportation organization continues to drive an ambitious and complex change and transformational programme to deliver a service of excellence for its customers and clients worldwide. The
Global CTIO has a mandate from the Maersk board to lead the Technology transformation of Maersk, enabling the
Maersk business strategy to become the global integrator of container logistics through digitizing the Maersk business processes and customer engagement.
The Technology Function is fundamental to enabling the company’s transformation. We are recruiting world-class talent to ensure that the technology services are modernized, enabling Maersk to become a logistics integrator leveraging a competitive advantage through technology.
Role Purpose:
The Cyber Automation and Integration team is the integrator for our Cyber Operations, leveraging code and integration capability to ensure we optimize capability and ensure technology does not work in isolation. This role is highly technical and will involve you understanding a large amount of cyber capability from the endpoint, network, identity and code / development space. Whilst we do not expect a candidate to be an expert in all areas, a good grasp on the core concepts is fundamental.
The Ideal candidate will have a good grasps on core areas within Cyber Security and a growth mindset with the desire to learn more. This area will be heavily influenced by AI and how best we can apply this technology in the cyber landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform automation activities across multiple standardised web based API Standards (REST, SOAP,etc…)
- Support AI platforms and enable teams in the leveraging of AI platforms.
- Build out context layers for AI and its enabling services
- Build and maintain code bases across multiple projects
- Leverage security automation tooling to develop and support development of playbooks and workflows based on operational use cases.
- Build and develop integration capability across multiple tooling sources
- Build, maintain and support cloud-based infrastructure associated to team projects.
- Construct technical documentation associated to projects and developments
- Understand how to optimise cyber tooling and capability to enhance cyber protection across the business
- Understanding of secure development and best practice when it comes to development.
- Be passionate about cyber security and push for continuous improvement across all areas related to cyber.
- Develop automations using scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell.
Required Experience & Skills:
A successful candidate may not have all the skills listed below; however many are desired for an experienced candidate to be successful. We firmly believe in growing, enhancing and augmenting existing talent and understand some skills can be grown into and developed with the right development.
Core Skills:
- A proficiency to build in one or more scripting languages, i.e. Python and PowerShell.
- Ability to work within a wider team on complex projects.
- Ability to generate high quality solution documentation and designs.
- Knowledge and experience with dealing with APIs
- Be able to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical or less technical audience effectively.
Desirable Skills
- Some experience in building development pipelines.
- Knowledge of cloud based infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- A foundational knowledge on standard cyber security tooling such as EDR, VM, Firewalls, XDR, SIEM, etc…
- A foundational knowledge of AI and AI enabling services
- Certifications such as CompTIA+, CEH, CISSP, CISM, GIAC are desirable but not necessary.
- Knowledge of Security Incident Response and Tooling
- Experience at working in environments using Agile frameworks
- Ability to generate high quality reporting when required.
- Experience working in a security operations team is desired but not essential. However, we are looking for a candidate that has exposure to this domain.
Growth Areas
- A understanding of concepts around MCP and enabling services for AI
- Understanding of Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) tooling.
Primary Internal Stakeholders:
- Cyber and Technology engineering teams
- Head of Cyber Security Operations
- Head of Cyber Defence Engineering
- Cyber Security Risk/Consultancy
- Enterprise Architecture
Primary External Stakeholders:
- Regional teams and business units outside Technology (e.g. Legal, HR, Maersk Group Brands)
- Vendors
Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.
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Skills Required
- Proficiency in Python and/or PowerShell scripting
- Experience with REST and SOAP APIs
- Ability to develop automations, playbooks and workflows using security automation tooling
- Build, maintain and support codebases and cloud-based infrastructure
- Understanding of secure development practices
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Ability to produce high-quality solution documentation and designs
- Experience building development pipelines / CI/CD
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Foundational knowledge of EDR, Vulnerability Management, Firewalls, XDR, SIEM
- Foundational knowledge of AI and AI enabling services
- Certifications such as CompTIA+, CEH, CISSP, CISM, GIAC
- Knowledge of Security Incident Response and related tooling
- Experience working in security operations teams
- Experience with Agile frameworks
- Familiarity with SOAR tooling and AI enabling concepts (MCP)
What We Do
A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated transport and logistics company; going all the way, together, for our customers and society. ALL THE WAY is our commitment to connect the world so that everyone has both the possibility and the ability to trade, grow and thrive. The company employs roughly 110.000 employees across operations in 130 countries.









