EnterBND#Hacker on 08.10.2026: Hide behind 7 Proxies

EnterBND#Hacker on 08.10.2026: Hide behind 7 Proxies

Application deadline: 02.09.2026

Our task is:

To obtain, evaluate, and provide information of foreign and security policy importance to the Federal Government in the form of reports, analyses, and briefings.

Your tasks with us will be:

Your task environment encompasses more than just a job. A special allure: legal hacking for official purposes.

In this job, the following activities await you:

• Conception and methods implementation
• Analysis and recording of target system-specific technical and operational framework conditions
• Modeling of the target system
• Development and validation of technical solution approaches
• Ensuring the suitability and effectiveness of technical approaches used to achieve operational goals
• Access acquisition
• Development and application of reconnaissance techniques
• Use of tools and capabilities of offensive IT security for information gathering
• Development and application of exfiltration techniques and tools for the covert extraction of data from systems
• Vulnerability research
• Reverse Engineering for vulnerability research in open and proprietary software
• Development, adaptation, and maintenance of exploits for use in CNE operations
• Development of Remote Access Tools
• Needs analysis based on the requirements of CNE operators
• Development of software for covert remote access to Linux, Windows, as well as mobile end devices
• Quality assurance of developed software under unique aspects (including AV Detection)
• Development and application of techniques for persistence methods, obfuscation, and anti-forensics techniques
• Operation and integration of CNE systems
• Integration of CNE systems to support CNE operations
• Participation in market scanning, specification, and validation of CNE systems, taking requirements into account
• Development of operational deployment scenarios
• Use of CNE systems within the framework of information gathering
• Design and implementation of network infrastructure for covert access to target systems within the framework of information gathering

We fundamentally require the willingness to quickly and independently familiarize yourself with new subject areas and tasks.

Your benefits:

• Working for a special employer with extremely diverse, meaningful fields of activity
• Employment according to the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD Bund) in pay group 10
• Transfer of non-technical civil servants (m/f/d) up to salary group 11 (higher service) is possible if the career law requirements are met and after individual assessment
• Employment in an indefinite employment relationship with the possibility of later civil service status after individual assessment, i.e., if the career law requirements are met as well as the agency-specific criteria are fulfilled
• Possibility of paying a specialist allowance of up to €1500 monthly
• Review and, if applicable, recognition of your professional experience within the framework of the legal regulations of § 16 TVöD
• Payment of a monthly special allowance for employees of the federal intelligence services
• Annual collective agreement special payment (13th month's salary)
• 30 days of vacation
• 24.12. and 31.12. as non-working days
• Company pension scheme via the Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL)
• Collegial working environment characterized by teamwork
• Compatibility of family and career through flexible working hours and the fundamental possibility to take unpaid leave
• Extensive qualification and further training opportunities
• Demanding, independent, and varied activity at the pulse of the times

We value:

• Mandatory requirements:
• a completed or expected to be completed university degree within the next 12 months (Bachelor/Dipl. FH)

from the fields of study:

• Informatik (especially general Informatik, technical Informatik, IT-Sicherheit or comparable)
• proven good English skills in speaking and writing (corresponding to B1)
• German citizenship
• the willingness to undergo an extended security clearance with security investigations (Ü3) based on the Sicherheitsüberprüfungsgesetz (SÜG).

Desirable requirements:

• Proven good English skills in speaking and writing (corresponding to B2/C1)
• In-depth IT specialist knowledge, especially:
• Operating systems, handling of mobile and Embedded Devices
• Encryption methods and their application
• Network protocols and their implementations
• Programming knowledge in the area of system-related programming languages and scripting languages
• Vulnerability research
• IT specialist knowledge, especially:
• Handling of common Firewalls, Antivirus programs, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
• Experience in Penetration Testing, Redteam Engagements, or Capture the Flags (CTF)
• Hacking special training courses from other external providers
• Patience and perseverance
• Task and goal orientation
• Initiative
• Ability and willingness to learn

What we need from you:

• Cover letter stating your motivation
• Tabular CV
• School leaving certificate, vocational training, and/or university degree certificates/transcripts and associated certificates or interim certificates if the degree is still pending
• If applicable, proof of equivalence of foreign educational qualifications by the Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen (ZAB)
• Meaningful employment references and evaluations
• Relevant proof of further training (e.g., languages, IT, stays abroad)
• Other proofs of competence and experience (e.g., for honorary offices, voluntary services, awards, scholarships)

In principle, only applications with fully uploaded documents will be considered.

How it proceeds:

• If your application has piqued our interest, we will invite you to a job interview as part of our Recruiting Day on 08.10.2026 in Berlin.
• In addition to your motivation for working at the Bundesnachrichtendienst, we will (also) check whether you have researched the BND - prepare yourself well.
• If you belong to the favored group of applicants after the selection process, the mandatory testing processes follow – including the security clearance. Please note that the hiring process at a security authority can take more than a year.
• You can read more about how the application process at the Bundesnachrichtendienst is structured in detail on our

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• For process-related questions, please contact the Servicezentrum Personalgewinnung of the Bundesverwaltungsamt (Phone: 0228 9 93 58-8 75 00).

Apply via the following link and reference number AS-2026-900:

https://bewerbung.dienstleistungszentrum.de/frontend/AS-2026-900/index.html

Special notes:

In the interest of professional equality, applications from women in areas with underrepresentation are particularly welcome and, if equally qualified, capable, and professionally proficient, will be given preference in accordance with the BGleiG.

People with severe disabilities or persons equated to them will be given preference, provided they are equally qualified, capable, and professionally proficient, in accordance with the SGB IX and the inclusion agreement concluded for the BND business area.

If you obtained your degree abroad, we ask you to have the equivalence of your degree determined via the ANABIN database and to attach the confirmation to your application.

Please treat your application to the BND and the documents sent to you with particular confidentiality. Passing them on to third parties is not permitted. This also includes information on social networks.

The BND is a federal agency with its headquarters in Berlin and several branch offices within the federal territory. As part of personnel development, deployment at any location is fundamentally possible.

Information on our data protection can be found at the following link:

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