Skywise - Security Operations Specialist (Cybersecurity)

Location: Waterloo, Canada; hybrid model with 3 days per week in the Blagnac office, France.

Company

Skywise, wholly owned by Airbus, delivers integrated digital services for aircraft planning, flight, technical, and ground operations.

What you will do

• Continuously monitor internal network traffic, firewalls, routers, switches, VPN gateways, local servers, and endpoint telemetry for suspicious activity and unauthorized access.
• Analyze alerts, flow logs, domain controller activity, and EDR/XDR data; define and improve SIEM correlation rules and detection logic.
• Act as the primary responder for malware outbreaks, unauthorized device connections, compromised accounts, phishing, and other internal security incidents.
• Collaborate with the Airbus Security Operations Center on security events, evidence collection, tracking, and follow-up.
• Perform vulnerability scans, manage scanning tools, assess findings, and coordinate patch prioritization and verification with IT and M&T teams.
• Monitor Active Directory and corporate networks for privilege escalation, dormant account reactivation, rogue hardware, and non-compliant devices.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center, system administration with a security focus, or internal network defense.
• Strong networking experience and knowledge of Windows/Linux OS internals and Active Directory architecture.
• Expertise configuring and deploying enterprise EDR/XDR solutions.
• Proficiency analyzing firewall, system, and network access control logs.
• Experience with Active Directory threat vectors.
• Knowledge of security scanning tools, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and firewalls.
• Ability to break down complex issues, work effectively in a team, manage projects, and stay highly organized.
• Ability to work in an international environment spanning multiple jurisdictions with potentially different security impacts.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexible working hours and 3 days per week in the Blagnac office.
• 25 annual paid leave days, collective and individual JRTT, a sixth week of paid leave, and a 12-day family-reason absence package.
• Health insurance, additional maternity, paternity, adoption, and RQTH-related leave.
• Success sharing, profit sharing, seniority bonus, Airbus savings plans, time-saving account, and retirement savings plans.
• Training and development opportunities, catering options, staff council activities, and shuttle service.
• Permanent employment with a commitment to compliance, integrity, diversity, and inclusion.