Senior Cyber Security Auditor

Albert Heijn; Zaandam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive bonuses

First-rate pension plan

20 vacation days

Travel expenses

Laptop and smartphone

Travel allowance, discounts on health,

Job summary

A leading global food retail group in Zaandam is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Auditor to lead IT and cybersecurity audits. You will dynamically engage with diverse teams, assessing risk management and ensuring the resilience and security of systems. The role offers a hybrid model with flexible hours, attractive bonuses, and extensive career development opportunities. The ideal candidate should possess relevant academic qualifications and experience in cybersecurity, with strong communication skills in English. The position requires a willingness to travel internationally and offers a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in cyber security or IT auditing.
• Experience with ISO 27001, NIST, or CIS Controls.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 20% of the time.
• Experience with cyber security control frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls).
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Identity & access management, network security, incident response, and vulnerability management experience.
• Experience participating in or leading complex IT or cyber security audits.
• Fluent English; willingness to travel internationally up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT and cyber security audits.
• Assess risk management and control effectiveness across business units.
• Provide actionable insights to management on improvement opportunities.
• Translate findings into clear, actionable insights and engage management on improvements.
• Strengthen the global audit community through training, coaching, and staff development.

Skills

Cyber security expertise

IT auditing

Fluent English

Experience in cloud environments

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Azure Security Engineer

CISSP

OSCP

Azure

Job description

How you can make a difference

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment

As a Senior Cyber Security Auditor at Ahold Delhaize Group, you will have a unique opportunity to gain deep insight into a wide range of business and technology domains across our global organization. You will work in a multidisciplinary audit team, combining IT, cybersecurity, data, and operational expertise, where you will not only participate in, but also lead, complex IT and cybersecurity audits. In addition, you will contribute to broader operational audits that span our end‑to‑end value chain.

Your scope is broad and constantly evolving, ranging from cyber security controls and automated warehouse environments to core HR platforms and the consumer‑facing digital experiences used across our European brands. You will help drive meaningful change by evaluating the resilience, security, and integrity of the systems that underpin our business operations and deliver customer impact.

In this role, you will assess risk management and control effectiveness for various business units and brands across Europe. You will translate your findings into clear, actionable insights and engage with management on improvement opportunities. Each audit is different, topics, teams, and stakeholders vary, which offers continuous learning and challenge within a dynamic, international environment.

Beyond audit delivery, you will also play an important role in strengthening our global audit community. You will coordinate initiatives aimed at training, coaching, and developing audit staff across the group. As a senior auditor, you will proactively build and maintain strong relationships with management and external partners at the brand level to anticipate emerging risks and ensure strong stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, Information Science, or a related technical field.
• CISSP certification and Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) or OSCP certification.
• 3–5+ years of experience in cyber security, IT auditing, consulting, engineering, or penetration testing in the retail industry, a corporate multinational, or a large cyber security consulting firm.
• Experience assessing or working with cyber security control frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls).
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred).
• Experience with identity & access management, network security, incident response, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with application, infrastructure, and third‑party security.
• Experience participating in or leading complex IT or cyber security audits.
• Fluent English communication (preferably also French, Dutch, Greek, Serbian, Czech, or Romanian) and willingness to travel internationally up to 20% of the time.

What’s in it for you?

Plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (at least 50% of working time in the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Plus

• Attractive bonuses
• A first‑rate pension plan
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12.5 days from your personal ‘flex budget’
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone
• Travel allowance, discounts on health insurance and groceries