Ethical Hacker (Amsterdam) - Amsterdam

As ethical hacker you are performing security tests on the infrastructure and applications of ABN AMRO. Your knowledge and experience will contribute to improving the overall security posture of the bank by helping development teams to bring security by design in their day-to-day work and by raising security awareness. What do you see when you envision the next step? Work on achieving your goals and develop yourself professionally and personally. Tell us your story. We want to hear it!

You are responsible for executing infrastructure vulnerability assessments, web and mobile application testing and configuration reviews on ABN AMRO’s information assets. You identify security vulnerabilities, report them and advise development teams about ways to fix them.  As an expert you stay well informed on the latest developments in the field of technology and threats and you actively share this knowledge with your colleagues. You help solving security-related questions, take initiative and escalate in time if needed. You signal improvements related to the way of working inside the team and you contribute to improving the maturity and coverage of our service offering.

You will be part of the internal penetration team within the Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) of ABN AMRO in Amsterdam. Inside the team we work together in an informal way and we provide a lot of variety and opportunities to keep developing yourself. ABN AMRO is moving to an agile way of working where speed, productivity, agility and innovative power come first. For you as a penetration tester, this means an interactive and inspiring way of working together across the team and with different departments of the bank.

Required skills:

• You have approximately 2 - 5 years of relevant work experience in cyber security, security testing and penetration testing.
• You have experience with relevant security testing tools (e.g. Burpsuite, Nessus, IDA Pro, Nikto, etc.).
• You have the ability to translate technical risks into business risks and vice versa.
• You have an HBO or WO/University diploma.
• You are energetic and like to work in an Agile environment.
• You take ownership of your own and team’s delivery and have a proactive attitude.
• You are fluent (verbal and in writing) in English.
• You are pragmatic and analytical and have good communication and social skills.
• You have experience with Linux and Windows environments.
• You have experience with scripting and programming languages (i.e. Ruby, Perl, Python, PowerShell, C/C++).

 Nice-to-have skills:

• You have relevant working experience on the area of mobile application security testing and/or red teaming.
• You are fluent (verbal and in writing) in Dutch.
• You possess a number of relevant certifications like OSCP, OSCE, CEH, CISSP, etc.
• You have software reverse engineering skills on multiple architectures  (e.g. X86, ARM).
• You enjoy playing  CTFs and publish your write-ups.
• You like to train and coach your junior colleagues and share your knowledge.

We offer a challenging job and you are directly responsible for your own successes. We will stimulate every opportunity to work on personal development and developments to keep on top of your technical knowledge. At ABN AMRO, we use our knowledge, expertise and network to help our clients within and outside the Netherlands achieve their goals based on responsible decisions. Our clients’ interests always come first. We want clients to understand our products, and we sometimes say ‘no’ if a product involves a risk that is too high for the client. Putting clients’ interests first also means communicating in plain language and crafting smart solutions that genuinely make a difference. That is our goal.