Senior DevSecOps Engineer

ABN AMRO; Amstelveen; Hybrid; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Full time

Job summary

A digital banking institution in Amstelveen seeks a DevOps Security Expert to enhance information security practices and collaborate with development teams to ensure secure banking products. You will play a pivotal role in embedding security into the DevOps process, guiding colleagues, and navigating a multinational environment. Ideal candidates have 5-10 years of relevant experience and are fluent in English.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in IT/Security/Risk Management.
• Experience in DevOps Security, Threat modeling, or Security Governance.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams on secure banking products.
• Embed security in every stage of the DevOps process.
• Advising and guiding colleagues on security matters.

Skills

Willingness to learn

IT background

Security mindset

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Education in information science, IT or relevant studies

Job description

Join Our Team as a DevOps Security Expert

At a glance

Digital bank robbers are getting smarter and smarter. Can you keep our data behind bars? The need for information security is growing at a fast pace, especially within the banking sector, where there is much to be gained for cyber attackers. For this reason, we are constantly looking for smarter ways to make banking as safe as possible for our clients. This is a key capability because there is a lot at stake.

As a DevOps Security Wizard, you’ll be part of a team who act as trusted advisors and coaches. Together, we’re transforming the way we approach security—shifting left to embed security into every stage of the DevOps process. If you’re passionate about making a real difference and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, this is the role for you.

Your job

As a key player in our IT security landscape, you’ll collaborate closely with talented development teams, brainstorming and building secure banking products from the ground up. Your role is all about co-creation and ensuring security is part of the DNA of every product—secure by design in a DevOps environment.

ABN AMRO’s IT organization is your biggest client, which is an international environment with people from all over the world. You meet with your colleagues frequently, with developers, product owners, grid owners, from all business lines, throughout the entire bank. It is important to scale the business and customer interests against possible risks. If information security is at stake, you will have to step in and quickly come up with creative and smart alternatives. There is a wide range of technologies and supporting tooling you will work with. This job provides you with the opportunity to work in an environment with a large diversity of tech developments, products and dedicated and skilled colleagues. The world out there is constantly changing, this makes our job challenging and interesting; it’s a continuous learning environment as well!

Working environment

You will become part of CISO Technology and Engineering (T&E), which is part of Corporate Information Security Office (CISO). The CISO department consists of approx. 500 employees and works on the information security of the entire bank. T&E is a multinational team with over 90 employees. We focus on IT security and people security, and work with our IT-colleagues to ensure appropriate infrastructure and application security.

Working at ABN AMRO means getting even better in what you do. We understand customers, translate their ambitions into common success and earn trust. Trust is gained by communicating clearly and ensuring secure banking for employees and customers. Banking is our profession; the digital world is our challenge.

Your profile

You are a cyber security expert or security risk expert who can maintain a clear overview, set a vision and supports and guides colleagues. You continuously search for fresh ideas and gain more professional knowledge to enlarge your technical capabilities, as well as improving your soft skills. Furthermore, you have excellent analytical skills and are a good sparring partner on management level. You easily navigate and connect on all levels of the complex organization, aligning business and IT. Please check your profile if you believe to be a good fit in the team!

You must have the following requirements:

• Willingness to learn, IT background, Security mindset
• 5-10 years of experience in IT/Security/Risk Management
• Education in information science, IT or relevant studies
• Experience in at least one out of the following three: DevOps Security or Threat modelling or Security Governance
• Fluent in English

It would be really nice if you have knowledge and understanding of:

• Development life cycle and platform security knowledge, development pipeline security, Threat modeling, Container security, AI security and secure coding
• Migrating workloads from classic datacentres to the cloud
• Cloud security with a particular focus on Azure and SAAS-solutions
• Security risks or solid understanding of CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) framework implementation
• Cloud concepts and best practices
• Security assessment and requirements management in a DevOps way of working
• Security processes, technologies and architectures such as security configurations, patch management, access control, cryptography, security monitoring, vulnerability management, Identity and Access management
• Information Security Risk Management and documentation, (MI) reporting, compliancy, policies and standards frameworks and consulting
• Fluent in Dutch.

Furthermore, you recognize yourself in the following soft skills:

• Stakeholder management skills, especially in a multi-cultural and international environment
• Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing.

We are offering

The chance to become even better as a security professional, by working in a critical sector and in a large team of likeminded professionals. Does IT security make your heart skip a beat? Then this role is for you! Our office in Amstelveen is your home base, but we also work at the office at the Zuidas. We are also flexible, and working part of the week from home is the norm. ABN AMRO gives great importance to personal development and therefore offers a lot of training and career opportunities. In addition, you will receive a competitive salary and an attractive package of employee benefits. With this, you can determine your own conditions for a large part.

Interested?

Respond to this online vacancy if interested. Also, if you do not tick all the boxes, but you are convinced that you are the perfect match, please contact: [e-mail]