CISO for Europe’s Defence Platform & OT Security

Onodrim Industries; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Onodrim Industries is seeking a Head of Information Security to own security across our platform and acquired sub‑cos. You will set strategy, manage identity and endpoint security, and extend security to shop floor OT/ICS across Europe.

You will drive regulatory readiness (NIS2, ISO 27001, GDPR, export controls), lead incident response, and oversee corporate IT for a small, growth‑oriented organisation. Strong English, travel willingness, and EU work rights are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in information security.
• Experience with a modern cloud-native stack and enterprise identity provider.
• Hands-on with identity, access, and endpoint management.
• Experience securing on-premise and industrial environments (Windows domains, ERP, OT/ICS).
• Incident response leadership.
• Knowledge of European defence/regulatory landscape (NIS2, ISO 27001, GDPR, export controls).
• Experience achieving ISO 27001 from scratch.
• Comfort with corporate IT and vendor management.
• Strong judgement on build vs. buy/offshore vs. MSSP/MDR—cost and risk.
• Clear English communication; willingness to travel across Europe.
• Right to work in EU/UK; security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the security programme across Onodrim and sub‑cos, setting strategy, standards and risk appetite.
• Run and harden identity, access, endpoints, and SaaS stack across the platform.
• Bring acquired companies onto platform standards quickly post‑acquisition without disrupting production.
• Support deal teams with security/IT due diligence on targets and cost of fixes.
• Protect shop floor OT/ICS: network segmentation, machine access, vendor remote access.
• Lead incident response: detection, response, and recovery, including tabletop exercises.
• Drive ISO 27001, NIS2 readiness and export-control compliance on the technical side.
• Manage third‑party and supply‑chain risk: vendors, cloud providers, auditors.
• Run Top-Co corporate IT: device procurement, onboarding/offboarding, SaaS licensing, first-line support.
• Define sub‑co IT model; decide consolidation vs. local IT, and plant IT integration.
• Build the function: hire security/IT staff; manage MSSPs, MDRs, auditors.
• Make security usable: write policies, train staff, and design practical controls.

Skills

Information security

Cloud-native stack

Identity provider

Endpoint management

SaaS security

On-premise security

Industrial environments

Windows domains

Legacy ERP

OT/ICS

Incident response

NIS2

ISO 27001

GDPR

Export control

Security clearance eligibility

ISO 27001 certification

Device management

SaaS administration

Onboarding/offboarding

Build vs buy

English communication

Travel willingness

Right to work

Security clearance

UK SC/DV clearance

German Ü2/Ü3

NATO Secret

Defence contractor

M&A security

OT security

Security engineering

CISSP

CISM

Scale-up experience

Job description

Onodrim Industries is seeking a Head of Information Security to own security across our platform and acquired sub‑cos. You will set strategy, manage identity and endpoint security, and extend security to shop floor OT/ICS across Europe.

You will drive regulatory readiness (NIS2, ISO 27001, GDPR, export controls), lead incident response, and oversee corporate IT for a small, growth‑oriented organisation. Strong English, travel willingness, and EU work rights are required.