IT Network Network Security & Compliance Risk Manager

To strengthen our Future Fit Workforce, we are looking for a Risk Manager within our Networks & Datacenter team with a strong Network Security, Risk & Compliance focus. Are you able to combine solid networking knowledge with experience in security and risk governance, audits, risk mitigation and control frameworks, supported by ServiceNow and ITIL-based processes? Do you want to have a role at the center of ABN AMRO’s network modernization and transformation? Do you want to be at the heart of managing and creating central risk and security monitoring and visibility?

Our Networks & Datacenter Engineering department is responsible for end-to-end network connectivity and network security across our datacenters, cloud platforms, offices and remote locations. Automation, security, resilience and compliance form the core of what we do.

At a glance

We are looking for a Risk Manager in the Networks & Datacenter team with a strong focus on Network Security, Risk & Compliance. In this role, you combine networking knowledge with experience in security governance, audits, risk mitigation and control frameworks, supported by ServiceNow and ITIL-based processes. You will play a central role in ABN AMRO’s network modernization and transformation, helping manage and create central risk and security monitoring and visibility.

Your job

As a Network Engineer with Network Security & Compliance Focus, you play a key role in safeguarding the security, compliance and operational control of our enterprise network landscape. You act as the bridge between network engineering, security governance, risk & compliance and audit, ensuring that network platforms and services meet internal standards, regulatory requirements and security best practices. Your focus is not only on how the network is built, but on how network security controls are defined, maintained, assessed, governed and continuously improved.

Your responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve network security hardening standards and templates for network platforms.
• Define, document and maintain network security guidelines and control documentation.
• Coordinate network audits together with Group Audit and other internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and track the mitigation of network audit findings, including ownership, progress and reporting.
• Apply and promote network security best practices across engineering and operations teams.
• Set up, maintain and improve quality control frameworks.
• Chair and coordinate operational network security governance meetings, ensuring alignment across connectivity teams.
• Support and guide engineering teams in creating and maintaining service issues and risks.
• Ensure network security controls are properly embedded in service lifecycles and operational processes.
• Collaborate closely with Network Engineering, Security, Risk, Compliance and Operations to ensure a consistent and transparent security posture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of network security, compliance maturity and audit readiness.

Working environment

The Networks & Datacenter (NW&DC) Engineering department is part of Platform & Technology (P&T) within ABN AMRO. P&T delivers a standardized, secure and always-on IT landscape that supports thousands of applications and DevOps teams.

Within NW&DC Engineering, we design, operate and continuously improve the bank’s enterprise network landscape across datacenters, cloud platforms, office locations and remote environments. We are strongly adopting Platform Engineering principles to offer end-to-end integrated and automated platform services to our developers. We form the foundation of ABN AMRO’s IT landscape and provide a secure, scalable, always-on infrastructure that supports thousands of applications and DevOps teams. Automation, security, reliability and compliance are at the core of everything we do.

If you join, you will do so at the exact time our network landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. You will contribute to automated, self-service and API-driven network services, a key element of our engineering strategy.

You will learn from experienced engineers while getting room to experiment, innovate and build. Your work has direct impact: what you automate will be used by thousands of developers and platform teams.

You work in one of the bank’s most critical 24x7 IT domains — complex, challenging and incredibly valuable for your growth. Ready to shape the network of the future?

Your profile

You are a network-savvy professional with a strong affinity for network security, compliance and governance. You understand that secure networks are not only built through technology, but through well-defined controls, processes and accountability. You're known for your strong communication skills and ability to align with stakeholders, including engineers, security specialists and non-technical stakeholders. You also have a structured, analytical mindset with strong attention to detail, traceability and accountability.

Furthermore you recognize yourself in the following hard skills:

• General knowledge of enterprise networking (routing & switching at CCNA/CCNP level or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of network security principles and best practices.
• Experience working in a regulated or large enterprise environment.
• Practical experience coordinating or supporting IT or network audits.
• Experience managing or mitigating audit findings and control gaps.
• Familiarity with control frameworks, quality controls and evidence-based assurance.
• Experience working with ServiceNow.
• General knowledge of ITIL service management processes and how they relate to security and compliance.

We are offering

Joining us means stepping into a role with impact, supported by excellent employment conditions that foster your job satisfaction, development and wellbeing. We believe it is important to be a good employer. In addition, we offer:

• An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• An excellent pension scheme, ensuring that you are well prepared for the future.
• Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role. We will provide an ergonomic home office setup for you.
• Plenty of room for relaxation with five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. You can also purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually.
• Five “Banking for better days”: extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work.
• Personal development is key: you receive a development budget of €1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use.

Please note that it is a requirement for this role that you live and work in the Netherlands.