IT Risk Officer

At bunq, we are truly Making Life Easy for our users by creating a user-centric banking experience. To deliver on our promise, it is essential that our services work reliably 100% of the time and that security measures are sound and effective.

We are seeking an IT Risk Officer to identify and address any threats to delivering this essential factor. You will ensure the safety and resilience of our IT systems by proactively identifying risks and by checking and challenging the completeness and effectiveness of engineering testing and monitoring systems.

Take Ownership

As the owner of IT Risk, you’ll prove bunq’s excellence - internally and externally - by

• Maintaining and updating the mapping of IT systems to critical business services provided to our users (payments, onboarding, …).

• Maintaining a register of IT controls (procedures, tests, monitoring systems) to minimize the likelihood and impact of issues for the identified critical systems.

• Checking regularly that IT controls achieve what they’re designed to do.

• Advising engineers on effective and efficient solutions to improve effectiveness and comply with applicable regulations and standards.

• Ensuring proper documented, to obtain necessary certification (PCI-DSS, SWIFT, ISO27001).

• Supporting Engineering in finding structural solutions to any issues we find out the hard way.

As the owner of IT Risk, you will demonstrate bunq's excellence - both internally and externally - by:

• Maintaining and updating the mapping of IT systems and regularly checking that IT controls achieve their intended purpose.

• Maintaining a register of IT controls (including procedures, tests, and monitoring systems) to minimize the likelihood and impact of issues affecting the identified critical systems.

• Advising engineers on effective and efficient solutions to improve control effectiveness and comply with applicable regulations and standards.

• Ensuring proper documentation to obtain necessary certifications (such as PCI-DSS, SWIFT, ISO27001).

• Supporting Engineering in finding structural solutions to issues we encounter.

• You have solid knowledge of at least one popular IT risk & security standard/framework (NIST CSF, CIS baseline security, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS) and legislation (PSD2, DORA, NIS2).

• You are familiar with cloud environments like AWS or Azure.

• You have a good understanding of web and mobile applications architecture and knowledge of its components.

• You’re an excellent communicator and speak English fluently

Your space to perform

We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼

🤟 Join forces with great colleagues across the globe to revolutionize banking

🌟 Make lasting impact by working on complex & exciting challenges

﹩ A competitive base salary between €81,500 - €91,188

🎯 Profit sharing based on the impact you make and bunq's performance

🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset

👩‍💻 Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.

🧳 Digital Nomad program: work remotely 1 week per quarter after 1 year and 3 weeks per quarter after 2 years

📚 We support growth with bunq Academy and €1,500 annual learning budget

🚴 A massive discount with Urban Sports for your wellbeing

🚌 Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices 🌳)

💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us

🥦 Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options

💰 An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq

💸 Monthly contribution to your phone and internet bills

🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style