At a glance

As an Ethical Hacker for security testing you are responsible for guiding and coaching a small team. Together with the team, you will work on improving the collaboration, quality, efficiency and productivity of our team. You are an important ambassador and advocate of our products. You are able to emphasize the mutual interests and benefits to your stakeholders. 

As Ethical Hacker you are involved in the coordinating and execution of various security testing activities like pentesting, red teaming, continuous attacker mode and coordinated vulnerability disclosure and subsequent risk assessments on system assets of ABN AMRO.

Your knowledge and experience will contribute to improving the overall security posture of the bank by helping development teams to bring security by design in their day-to-day work and by ensuring compliance with applicable ABN AMRO policies, procedures, and regulations. What do you see when you envision the next step? Work on achieving your goals and develop yourself professionally and personally. Tell us your story. We want to hear it!

Your job

You are responsible for the coordinating and execution of various security testing activities like pentesting, red teaming, continuous attacker mode and coordinated vulnerability disclosure on ABN AMRO’s information assets. You identify gaps, report them and advise about ways to fix them. As an expert you stay well informed on the latest developments and you actively share this knowledge with your colleagues. You signal improvements related to the way of working and you contribute to improving the maturity and coverage of our service offering.

Working environment

You will be part of the internal Security Assurance team within the Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) of ABN AMRO in the Netherlands. Inside the team we work together in an informal way and we provide a lot of variety and opportunities to keep developing yourself. ABN AMRO is moving to an agile way of working where speed, productivity, agility and innovative power come first. For you as a Security Expert, this means an interactive and inspiring way of working together across the team and with different departments of the bank.

We are offering

We offer a challenging job and you are directly responsible for your own successes. We will stimulate every opportunity to work on personal development and developments to keep on top of your technical knowledge. At ABN AMRO, we use our knowledge, expertise and network to help our clients within and outside the Netherlands achieve their goals based on responsible decisions. Our clients’ interests always come first. We want clients to understand our products, and we sometimes say ‘no’ if a product involves a risk that is too high for the client. Putting clients’ interests first also means communicating in plain language and crafting smart solutions that genuinely make a difference. That is our goal.

Your profile

Required hard skills:

• You have more than approximately 3+ years of relevant work experience in the security testing domain.
• You possess at least one relevant certification like OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, GXPN etc.
• You have knowledge and/or experience with adversary techniques, tactics, and procedures.
• You have in depth experience with complex Mac, Linux and Windows environments.
• You have in depth experience with complex network architectures.

Required soft skills:

• You have the ability to translate technical risks into business risks and vice versa.
• You take ownership of your own and team's delivery and have a proactive attitude.
• You are pragmatic and analytical and have good communication and social skills.
• You are energetic and like to work in an Agile environment.
• You are fluent (verbal and in writing) in English.
• Willingness to learn and experiment.

Nice-to-have skills:

• You have knowledge and/or experience in performing threat and/or risk assessments.
• Exposure to banking, or equivalent highly controlled technology environment
• Experience with AI / Machine Learning.
• You are fluent (verbal and in writing) in Dutch.

Interested?

Does this sound like something you’d be interested in? Send us your application as soon as possible. To find out more please contact Rob Muris (Expert lead, Security Assurance) at 06-10999133. We look forward to meeting you

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. No unsolicited services or offers, please.