Cyber Resilience Specialist

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Introduction

In order to manage the Security First Line of Defense within IT, the Assurance & Resilience department has been created. For this department we are looking for an IT Continuity & Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist.

Role and Responsibilities

The IT Continuity & Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist is pivotal in safeguarding the organization’s digital infrastructure and ensuring its resilience based on information security resources and capabilities in place (e.g., people, hardware, software, policies). This role is dedicated to providing the IT Sector with the assurance that the Continuity and Resilience features, practices, procedures, and architecture of our information systems accurately mediate and enforce our IT BCM security policies & standards. In case of incompliance, the IT Continuity & Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist proactively intervenes, and drives mitigations and improvements.

The role involves close collaboration with various IT subsectors and departments to integrate IT Continuity and Cyber Resilience into every facet of the organization’s operations, thereby enabling secure and efficient business processes. Ultimately, the mission is to establish a strong resilience posture that supports the organization’s goals and objectives, builds stakeholder trust, and ensures business continuity in the context of the evolving threat landscape.

As an IT Continuity & Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist you are part of a team that will work interchangeably on our Respond and Recover capabilities, within several areas. The capabilities cover (among others) the following topics:

• Response and Recovery strategy and plans
• Monitor, measure, and report on adherence to policies and standards (such as IT RTO/RPO standards)
• Crisis Management Plans
• Exercise and test means and methods

Working as an IT Continuity & Cybersecurity Resilience Specialist gives you a wide range of responsibilities and deliverables. A grasp of what you can expect in this position:

• Support with translating BCM and security policies and standards into requirements and controls for the purpose of deployment
• Train and educate operational teams to reach a higher level of compliance
• Monitor and evaluate compliance of operational teams to get a better insight into incompliance
• Drive the execution of mitigation plans and review to confirm that actions were effective
• Create, share and present reporting with insight into compliance
• Evaluate, learn and continuously improve from mitigation efforts, creating and executing an improvement plan
• Work with other 2nd Line colleagues to align on policies and standards

Education and Experience

Key qualifications and skills:

• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, enterprise architecture, cloud environments, and cybersecurity principles
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001 / 22301)
• Experience with disaster recovery scenarios, continuity plans, crisis management plans
• Academic working and thinking level; a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or an equivalent is preferred
• 5-7 years of experience in a role with focus on IT Continuity, Cyber Resilience or Assurance and Compliance
• Relevant certifications such as FBCI, CRISC, CBCP, CBCM, CISSP, CISM or CISA
• Understanding of GDPR, NIST 800-34, ISO 27001, ISO 22301 and other industry-specific resilience requirements

You bring good interpersonal communication skills, thriving in collaborative and team-oriented environments while remaining sensitive to an organization’s maturity when introducing resilience concepts. You are decisive and take responsibility, effectively managing multiple priorities under pressure. Your ability to clearly explain technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders, combined with strong presentation and training skills, makes you a valuable contributor in both strategic and operational settings.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.