CyberSecurity Specialist - GRC

Cognizant; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

International, diverse team culture

Open team spirit

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cyber Security Specialist focusing on GRC to design and implement enterprise governance, risk, and compliance strategies aligned with regulatory expectations and business goals. The role supports hybrid environments and critical branch banking processes through structured risk management and continuous control improvements.

Key duties include analyzing security events, challenging control implementations, and performing independent risk assessments for NL leadership.

Qualifications

• Identity and Access Management expertise
• IT resilience and business continuity understanding
• Security Detection & Response capabilities
• Vulnerability Management and remediation proficiency
• Network Security fundamentals
• Experience with secure AI concepts

Responsibilities

• Analyse security events, incidents and threats.
• Monitor and challenge control implementations, remediation plans, and risk acceptances.
• Perform independent cybersecurity risk assessments and control reviews for leadership.
• Stay up to date with threats, regulatory developments and best practices.
• Translate policies into actionable risk journeys and guardrails for IT domains.
• Apply IAM, risk, and security controls across the enterprise.

Skills

Identity and Access Management

IT resilience

Security Detection & Response

Vulnerability Management

Network Security

Secure AI

Job description

Cyber Security Specialist - GRC

About Role

Serve as a seasoned cybersecurity specialist focused on governance risk and compliance while designing and improving enterprise GRC strategies and implementation approaches that align with regulatory expectations and business objectives. Experience to optimize GRC integration across hybrid work environments and support branch banking domain processes through structured risk management practices and continuous control enhancement.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Analyse security events incidents and threats.
• Monitor and challenge the implementation of controls remediation plans and risk acceptances.
• Perform independent cybersecurity risk assessments and control-effectiveness reviews and provide clear actionable advice to CISO NL and Tech NL IT leadership.
• Stay up to date with emerging threats attacks regulatory developments and industry best practices.
• Translate policies and standards into implementable risk journeys and guardrails patterns configuration baselines control tests that IT domains can adopt.
• Strong skills in Security Detection & Response Vulnerability Management Network Security and secure AI.
• Solid expertise in Identity and Access Management and IT resilience.
• Solid understanding of relevant regulations e.g. DORA EBA.
• Knowledge & Experience
• Strong skills in Security Detection & Response Vulnerability Management Network Security and secure AI.

Requirements

What You Must Have

• Solid expertise in Identity and Access Management and IT resilience.
• Solid understanding of relevant regulations e.g. DORA EB.
• Experience with AIML applications in security and risk domains.
• Certifications such as CISSP CISM CRISC or CISA are preferred.
• Good judgment and decision-making.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• People management and coaching skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Project management and reporting skills.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with your experience and market benchmarks
• International, diverse & inclusive team culture
• Open team spirit in a technology-driven organisation that values collaboration and innovation

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.