SIRT Team Lead – Security Incident Response Team

Lead the Security Incident Response Team at ASML

Introduction to the Job

As Security Incident Response Team Lead, you will take a leadership role within the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). Your primary focus will be on leading a team of security analysts and playing a key role in shaping ASML’s security posture.

Role and Responsibilities

The Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) operates within the Security Operations Center (SOC) to detect and mitigate security threats in real time. As a SIRT Team Lead, you will be responsible for people management, operational security monitoring, and driving security improvements. You will manage team performance during daily operations and provide process and technical guidance to team members across the board. You will coordinate staffing and resource allocation of team members across end-to-end SIRT operations, collaborate with Service Delivery Management for specialist track capacity management, and empower end-to-end process execution.

The team of security analysts consists of diverse areas of expertise, including security incident response (Cyber, IT, OT, DLP, Physical), threat hunting, and driving strategic security improvements. You will play a key role in mentoring security analysts and shaping the organization’s security posture.

Main focus points of the SIRT Team Lead role:

• Develop and grow your team members to support a wider range of security incidents and become more valuable and well-rounded security analysts.
• Identify and implement process-level improvements in the team and strengthen collaboration across ASML together with the rest of the leadership team.
• Ensure high-quality analysis, documentation, and resolution on all security incidents managed in your team, aligned with a common documentation way of working across the ASML Security incident management workflow.

Education and Experience

This position requires deep tactical, people management expertise, with balanced technical knowledge, strong analytical skills, and the ability to understand complex security investigations and lead security improvements. The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong team development and coaching focus.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build solid relationships of trust at different levels.
• 8+ years of management experience, preferably in a multinational corporate security environment.
• Proven experience with security monitoring and incident response activities.
• Broad experience in multiple security domains (e.g., IT, Information, Operational Technology (OT), or Physical Security).
• Master’s degree working and thinking level.
• CISM, CISSP, or SANS GSOC/GSOM certificate is a must.

Skills

• Expertise in Security Monitoring, Analysis, Containment, and Remediation.
• Strong Leadership and Mentorship Capabilities.
• Expertise leading Cultural and Agile transformation.

Other Information

• A Certificate of Good Conduct “Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG)” is required for this position.
• The role may involve shift work or on-call duties to provide 24/7 security coverage.
• This position is primarily office-based, with the possibility of remote work.
• It is preferred if you possess a valid work permit for the Netherlands.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.