IT OpsRisk Engineer @ GFME

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We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub – a distinct entity from ING Bank Romania – then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies.

Formerly known as ING Tech, as of 2022 we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities under the name of ING Hubs Romania and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj.

With the help of 1400 engineers, risk and operations professionals, we offer 150 services in tech, non-financial risk & compliance, audit and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide.

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1100 colleagues active in Data Management, TouchPoint Channels & Integration and Core Banking.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged. Work ethics, honesty and knowledge sharing are key to our teams and we’re always looking for like-minded people.

Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:

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The Mission

We are looking for an IT OpsRisk Engineer to work for Global Financial Messaging Engine (GFME).

The role supports development teams with IT control compliance activities. GFME is a financial messaging application offering services to legal entities of ING. It allows users to create, send and receive SWIFT Messages in a secured way. Application is making use of technologies like Java, Akka, Oracle db, Kafka, Spring Boot and hosted on internal private cloud.

GFME is a growing area in the bank, a diverse department working hybrid mode in multiple countries. The Management team is hosted in Belgium, Brussels. There is a great “we can do it” spirit. You will be a valuable team member who speeds-up solutions success by making them safe and secure by design.

Your day to day

Even if you start your day from the comfort of your home or drink your morning coffee in our office’s garden, you will make sure IT controls are implemented and suitably evidenced for GFME. You will operate as part of GFME as an IT security and control expert.

Your daily responsibilities:

• Gain in depth knowledge of the analytics IT environment.

• Implement and manage the security baselines of the solution.

• Implement and manage IT access controls including non-personal account management.

• Monitor and fix vulnerabilities (request penetration tests, apply security patches, update IT configurations).

• Implement IT operational procedures like change management, incident management or authorization management.

• Prepare and maintain technical design and procedure documentation like business impact assessment, authorization design, recovery runbooks, or security event monitoring.

• Contribute to IT risk identification and reporting.

• Support backup and restore exercises. Contribute to operational resilience and disaster recovery strategy and implementation.

• Plan IT compliance (evidencing) activities timely for key control testing and reporting.

• Generate continuous improvement on IT security and controls.

• Be an analytics IT risk and security control expert and liaise with the Asset Owner, IT Custodian, DevOps Team, Enterprise Architects and 1st and 2nd Line of Defense teams (IT Security and IT Risk teams).

• Implement and evidence IT issue remediation.

• Keep up to date with ING IT security, risk and control policy and procedures. Actively share your knowledge with teams you are part of.

What you’ll bring to the team

Experience: on average 2-3 years of experience in IT risk, security and control implementation.

Knowledge:

- Mandatory:

Knowledgeable advisor on IT controls and security.Experience with IT control procedures implementation and management.Clear communication on IT risk and security matters. Critical thinking, continuous learning. Organizational skills. Hands-on attitude with team spirit.

- Nice to have:

Affinity or experience in a financial institution environment.Experience working in projects. Knowledge of Agile methodology

Foreign languages: English (advanced)

Education: nice to have Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in an IT related field

What’s in it for you

• Annual Performance Bonus

• Extra vacation days depending on the total length of working experience

• Flextime – our own way of working

• Monthly budget on Benefit platform

• Growth opportunities

-Defining a clear career path on short/ mid/ long term and identify the competencies you need to build/ develop to reach the next level: vertically – towards a managerial position or horizontally – towards an expert or architect level, locally or globally

-Internal mobility is encouraged

-Possibility to access International Short-Term Assignments or Long-Term Assignments

-Upskilling/ reskilling programs

• Learning & Development opportunities

-Annual training & certifications budget

-Pluralsight & e-learning platforms

• CSR activities: tree planting, coding lessons for teenagers etc.