Security Architecture & Risk Lead

Base Cyber Security; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Base Cyber Security is seeking an experienced Technical Security Lead to bridge cybersecurity strategy and technical execution for complex IT environments in Amsterdam. You will guide architecture, governance, risk management, and security controls while collaborating with engineering teams and management.

You will translate technical risks into clear business implications, lead cross‑functional security initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across cloud, infrastructure, and

Qualifications

• Strong track record in security architecture, governance, risk, and compliance.
• Experience translating security risks into practical technical controls.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑disciplinary engineering teams on security initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead security initiatives across technical teams and stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in security maturity and continuous improvement.
• Ensure environments align with security requirements, policies, baselines, and controls.
• Coordinate and support audits, assessments, and regulatory requirements.
• Advise on security architecture, governance, risk management, and compliance.
• Translate security risks into practical technical measures.
• Ensure security is considered in architecture, design, and operations.
• Facilitate discussions around risks, vulnerabilities, and remediation.
• Support security incident response and act as escalation point.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

GRC

Cloud security

Stakeholder management

Security governance

Incident response

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Base Cyber Security is seeking an experienced Technical Security Lead to bridge cybersecurity strategy and technical execution for complex IT environments in Amsterdam. You will guide architecture, governance, risk management, and security controls while collaborating with engineering teams and management.

You will translate technical risks into clear business implications, lead cross‑functional security initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across cloud, infrastructure, and