IT Security Engineer | Talent Program

Mploy Associates; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Transport card or bike

25 days paid leave

External development budget €2,000

International environment

Job summary

Mploy Associates is a talent-focused consultancy that places graduates into IT Security Engineer roles through its Talent Programs. You will work on client IT infrastructures, developing security plans and responding to incidents while expanding your skills over 24 months through certified courses, coaching and intervision sessions.

The program aims to elevate you to a medior or senior position at the client or Mploy Associates, with opportunities for further development and international

Qualifications

• Ambitious and eager to develop in IT engineering.
• Strong stakeholder management and consultative mindset.
• Willing to participate in in-house Talent Programs to accelerate growth.
• 0–3 years of work experience.
• Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science or related IT field.

Responsibilities

• Respond to security incidents and investigate root causes.
• Design and implement security plans for client IT infrastructure.
• Collaborate with business analysts for backlog refinements.
• Investigate vulnerabilities in hardware, software and applications.
• Develop, test and monitor security systems.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Troubleshooting

Cyber security knowledge

Programming languages (Java, SQL, PY,C

Education

BSc/BEng in Cyber Security or Computer Science or IT

Master's degree preferred

Job description

You have talent. Ready to make impact. We know. We also know that making impact starts with that first contact between like-minded people who have the same drive to shape their future. We see you, with your skills, personality and dreams. Now let’s take it to even greater heights by means of one of our talent programs for master’s graduates.

We are Mploy Associates, a talent-focused consultancy firm ready to make not only our clients’ teams successful but also you. Your talent, our focus.

More specifically

We are a consultancy firm specialized in the areas of data, finance, and analytics and work on a variety of projects like investment analyses, data engineering, quant modelling and much more. Our clients are banks, insurance companies, and pension funds and we are still expanding.

We help our clients build successful teams by providing the right skills, talents and know-how at the right place and time and developing ourselves continuously to stay successful. We believe that investing in talent through proven methods always pays out. Today we are proud to say that we are an international-driven company with more than 80 people and many top-tier clients who share the same vision.

How do you fit into this vision?

You will work as an IT Security Engineer for one of our clients with a special focus on your own development through one of our Talent Programs. Our Talent Programs are designed to accelerate your career from entry-level to medior+ level within 24 months. By means of certified training courses, coaching and intervision sessions our employees follow an above-average steep career curve. Successful graduation in our Talent Programs usually results in a permanent medior+ or senior position at one of our clients or where it becomes your responsibility to keep the team successful.

Your activities as an IT Security Engineer

You are responding appropriately to security breaches and investigating how they could have occurred. Furthermore, devising and developing security plans for our client's IT infrastructure are on the core of this position. Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Aligning with business analysts for backlog refinements
• Investigation of current implementations and solutions and improving these to new standards
• Developing, building, maintaining and testing security systems and monitoring their effectiveness
• Investigating vulnerabilities in hardware, software and applications
• Collaborating with other stakeholders to always ensure an optimal level of security
• Reporting to senior management on potential threats, proposed improvements and current security issues

On average you work 36 hours a week on a client project and you spend 4 hours a week on your own personal, professional and technical development in one of our Talent Programs.

What we offer

We offer the opportunity to become an expert in cyber security in an environment where we train you to excel as a high-end professional. In addition, good working conditions are equally as important to us.

By offering free lunch at the office and regular fun team activities like escape rooms and fun dinners, we ensure a connected and social workplace.

Also important; we will provide you with a public transport card or (electric) bike. All on us of course

• A salary of €3.850 for master's graduates, including holiday allowance and 13th month salary
• Challenging work and projects for one of our top 200 clients
• 25 days of paid annual leave
• Half-day a week in-house professional and technical training combined with personal coaching
• Besides in-house training opportunities, an external development budget of €2,000 per year to obtain relevant certifications
• An international working environment with driven and ambitious colleagues from all over the world
• The opportunity to take your next career move as a medior at the client or Mploy Associates after successfully completing your development program
• Pro bono technical projects at socially relevant NGOs.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for graduates with different IT related backgrounds, experiences, and passions. It speaks for itself that you are ambitious, self-reflective and dare to be confident in an authe

ntic way.Furthermore, you are energized by stakeholder management and are well adept at gathering reliable information. You use this in combination with a consultive mindset to make our clients more succesful.

Last but not least, you are eager to develop yourself on personal, professional and technical level with our personalized in-house Talent Programs.

• You have 0-2 years of work experience and want to learn everything about IT engineering
• You want to put the skills into practice that you have acquired during your bachelor's or master's Cyber Security, Computer Science or another IT related study
• You have extensive knowledge of computer hardware systems and networks
• You are familiar with one or more general operating systems (e.g. Linux, Unix, Windows), cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and common programming languages (e.g., Java, SQL, Python, C#)
• You are able to troubleshoot complex security issues
• You know your way around databases and network security systems

Interested?

Please note that unfortunately there is no point in applying when you do not live in the Netherlands or if you have more than 3 years of work experience. These applications will not be processed.