Capability Lead Malware Prevention

ABN AMRO Clearing Bank (AACB) is a global leader in clearing, offering access to a wide range of listed instruments on markets across the globe. The ABN AMRO Clearing CISO Office is looking for a capability owner for Malware Prevention in the Operations and Intelligence (O&I) department.

Working environment

The AACB CISO O&I department is responsible for the daily security operations of ABN AMRO Clearing Bank. Its responsibilities include threat intelligence, vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident response, and malware prevention. The team consists of security professionals located in Sydney, Iasi, Amsterdam and Chicago.

The global landscape of AACB contains a diverse combination of networking solutions, operating systems, and applications. To secure this landscape, the team can rely on market-leading security tools and technologies like EDR/XDR, SIEM, vulnerability scanners, and related solutions.

Your job

The role focuses solely on owning and leading the Malware Prevention capability. This is a preventative security role, focused on ensuring that threats are blocked before they materialize, and that when prevention fails, the organization is equipped to quickly contain and remediate malware-related risks.

You will act as the lead of malware prevention across process and technology, ensuring that malware prevention is effective, continuously improving, aligned with the threat landscape, and integrated with other security domains such as Security Monitoring and Incident Response. In practice, this means ensuring adequate prevention coverage, validating whether existing tools and processes are effective, and driving improvements through configuration changes, process optimization, or the introduction of new technology.

You will not necessarily implement everything yourself, but you will lead the direction, improvements, and prioritization of the capability, working closely with platform teams and other stakeholders.

Your profile

Responsibilities and duties

• Own and continuously improve the Malware Prevention capability within AACB.
• Lead process and technology improvements related to malware prevention.
• Collaborate with platform teams to optimize endpoint protection controls (e.g., EDR/XDR policies, attack surface reduction rules, and related prevention mechanisms).
• Analyse malware threats and validate AACB’s preventative controls against them.
• Support implementation of new tools and enhancements within the O&I team.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on malware prevention strategies and risks.
• Define and prioritize capability roadmap and improvements.
• Monitor and report on effectiveness of prevention controls with metrics you define.
• Ensure processes are documented and adopted.

Who you are

• Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive improvements across teams.
• Analytical and proactive, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable challenging stakeholders and influencing outcomes.
• Experience in guiding or coaching team members.
• Ability to operate in a complex, regulated environment.

Knowledge and experience

• 6+ years’ experience in Malware Prevention related activities such as designing and managing security platforms.
• Experience with leading a capability and its associated processes.
• Demonstrable experience with EDR/XDR or networking tooling that prevents malware.
• Understanding frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Experience working with stakeholders to get things done.
• Certifications such as GCIH, SC-200, CISSP or CISM are desirable but not mandatory.
• Hands-on experience or certification in endpoint protection platforms (e.g., Microsoft Defender) is highly valued.