Security Officer

Join NN Group as a Security Officer

We offer you:

• Salary between €4,092 and €5,846 depending on your knowledge and experience (based on 36 hours)
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and one Diversity Day
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately. Prefer to travel with your own transport? You can declare the kilometers travelled
• A modern pension administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use
• Hybrid working

Why NN Group?

• Most human corporate
• International working environment
• Support for over 20 million customers
• Work where and when you want

The NN Group IT Organization is looking for a passionate, experienced Security Officer who is able to take a proactive role in the management of information security risks. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of IT security and compliance methods, industry standards, and be proactive in adopting and implementing security practices and processes. Being able to get the message across and gain buy-in with all your stakeholders is a very important part of your mission. Additionally, you must be committed to staying up-to-date with security trends and advancements, and identifying opportunities for new initiatives that can lead to further enhancements.

What you are going to do

In our organisation, all business units are responsible for ensuring the security of our IT environment. One of the key responsibilities of the Group Information Security team is to maintain and update the IT security standards, procedures, and processes that apply to all business units within NN Group. Our ongoing challenge is to optimize these procedures and processes, automate as much as possible to increase quality, and reduce the complexity for all stakeholders to maintain the required levels of compliance.

Your responsibilities include:

• Contribute and maintain the overall vision on security & compliance together with other security officers and the security architect. Contribute towards creating an overview of how the security processes and procedures are related to each other in order to improve efficiency
• Active participation in determining the central vision and strategy for conducting security risk assessments and control automation, together with other security officers and the security architect. Advising the organisation on how to implement this strategy
• Driving, coordinating, and reporting on central improvement initiatives for security processes and procedures across NN Group. Being able to convey your message to both management teams as well as DevOps teams
• Reviewing technical designs and security measures (e.g., secure protocols, encryption algorithms, IAM, firewalls, according to NN security standards) for the designs of the technical environment: network, infrastructure (both cloud and on-premise data centres), applications, SaaS, external connections, etc.
• Contribute on topics such as AI, Threat Modelling, Control Automation, etc. The Group Information Security team handles all topics security related within NN, so there is room for you to shape your own responsibilities together with the team
• Maintaining your stakeholder landscape by keeping them informed about innovations and getting to know their demands and needs within your field of expertise
• As the matter experts and Security Conscience for NN Group, you enjoy sharing the awareness for security topics throughout the organization. Security starts with you kind of mindset

Who you are

• You are proactive and result-driven and ensure you meet agreements made
• You are concise and have an eye for detail, while keeping the overall picture and goal in mind
• You have a clear communication style, and know how to align with and report to higher management and your stakeholders. You know how to maneuver in political environments
• You have hands-on experience with security and risk processes and procedures, so that you understand what impact changes to these processes and procedures can have on the organization
• You are strong on content, but understand organizational challenges and are able to move security forwards in a professional, pragmatic, and cooperative way of working

Who you will work with

The Group Information Security team has been repositioned within NN Group in line with the security challenges we face today. You will be joining a growing team (currently 8 team members) and working with enthusiastic colleagues who are diverse in background, age, and a variety of skills, with intensive daily interaction, cooperation, and supporting each other on difficult topics. We are very keen on keeping our environment secure and safe, continuous learning by coaching on the job and by training and education. And very important: having a lot of fun in working together and time to spare for the occasional team drinks and other outings.