Security Architect

Learn the craft of cybersecurity from different angles (from secure coding to financial impact analysis) and to gain in-depth understanding of ING in general and Global CISO organization in particular. This is a great opportunity to lead and develop a team, hierarchically and functionally reporting to the senior security architect.

The team

The role is being part of a team working on a variety of assignments. Within CISO Security Architecture, an architect is always part of a team, often involving engineers within and outside security. We expect any architect to be an engineer with the ability to think and act on higher abstraction levels as well. “Every architect is an engineer, some good engineers can also be architects”.

Senior security architect will also have a team of security architects (3 to 5 individuals) reporting to him/her. It is expected that the senior security architect manages his/her team on a hierarchical basis (direct reporting); furthermore, a wider functional team will also be reporting to the senior security architect (indirect reporting).

Key Responsibilities

Main activities are:

• Leading the design, providing guidance, and performing verification of architecture implementation on global programmes, specifically:
  • Software lifecycle (CI/CD) security
  • Platform security
  • Application security
• Assessing security design and operations of software development and operations
• Developing security norms and controls for CI/CD, preferably in a security-as-code formats
• Architecture artefacts lead and delivery
  • Formulating and testing hypotheses and drawing conclusions to determine appropriate security solutions/services for ING in a global perspective
  • Designing architecture on conceptual and logical levels ensuring the optimal match between technology, fit-to-infrastructure (feasibility of deployment), costs, user acceptance, measurability, and flexibility/scalability together with a virtual team of domain and enterprise architects
  • Specifically designing key components that must be enforced and can be measured automatically
  • Maintaining and updating the Global Architecture/Security Standard taking relevant (technological, organisational) changes into consideration as well as keeping pace with innovations and trends in the industry/market.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

• Fluent in technical and conceptual aspects of cybersecurity, specifically on:
  • Secure software development
  • (Web) application controls
  • Infrastructure security
• Background in exact science
• Field experience in operational and development activities with emphasis on security 
• Insight and experience in implementation of desired structural infrastructure solution at large corporates
• Good knowledge main network protocols (TCP, UDP, ICMP)
• Good automation/coding skills:
  • Proficient with Ansible (yaml) and DSC
  • Designing code repositories
  • Building automation pipelines
• Furthermore, the following personal profile:
  • Ability to take ownership and responsibility
  • Excellent analytical skills and clear way of expressing abstract concepts
  • Experience in producing and presenting security architectures on a conceptual to physical level
  • Experience in effective communication on management level
  • Excellent writing & reporting skills in English
  • Determination to continuously develop your (technical) expertise and knowledge
  • Willingness to travel (up to 25%, mainly in Europe)

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest

your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.

Questions?

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Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.