OpsRisk Engineer - WB Data Lake @ING Hubs Ro

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 1700 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals. 

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub – a distinct entity from ING Bank Romania – then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies.

Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. 

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1500 colleagues active in Data Management, Touchpoint Channels & Integration, Core Banking, and Global Products.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.  

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work.

We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you? 

The Mission

We are looking for an IT Ops Risk Engineer to work for Wholesale banking Datalake  team, the biggest multi-country data lake in ING

The role supports the DataLake team with IT control compliance activities and acts as an advisor on IT Risk matters . Currently, Wholesale Banking Data Lake is a complex data warehousing landscape to a big data platform that processes millions of files containing TBs of data with all the necessary (security) controls, monitoring and automation in place that make the solution scalable and in line with banking minimum standards. Within our environment key critical processes run daily that support strategic ING bank wide initiatives which are used worldwide ranging from Russia to The United States to Australia and all across Europe. 

To assist us in taking the next step in our data platform journey, we are looking for colleagues that have a passion for cybersecurity and IT Risk , to help us future-proof our system.

Your day to day

Even if you start your day from the comfort of your home or drink your morning coffee in our office’s garden, you will make sure IT controls are implemented and suitably evidenced for your asset. You will operate as part of Looker team as an IT security and control expert.

Your daily responsibilities:

• Gain in depth knowledge of the IT environment;
• Implement and manage the security baselines of the analytic platforms and solutions;
• Implement and manage IT access controls including non-personal account management;
• Monitor and fix vulnerabilities (request penetration tests, apply security patches, update IT configurations);
• Implement IT operational procedures like change management, incident management or authorization management;
• Prepare and maintain technical design and procedure documentation like business impact assessment, authorization design, recovery runbooks, or security event monitoring;
• Contribute to IT risk identification and reporting;
• Support backup and restore exercises. Contribute to operational resilience and disaster recovery strategy and implementation;
• Plan IT compliance (evidencing) activities timely for key control testing and reporting;
• Generate continuous improvement on IT security and controls;
• Be an analytics IT risk and security control expert and liaise with the Asset Owner, IT Custodian, DevOps Team, Enterprise Architects and 1st and 2nd Line of Defense teams (IT Security and IT Risk teams);
• Implement and evidence IT issue remediation;
• Keep up to date with ING IT security, risk and control policy and procedures. Actively share your knowledge with teams you are part of.

What you’ll bring to the team

Experience: on average 2-3 years of experience in IT risk, security and control implementation.

Knowledge:

Mandatory:

• Knowledgeable advisor on IT controls and security;
• Experience with IT control procedures implementation and management;
• Clear communication on IT risk and security matters;
• Critical thinking, continuous learning;
• Organizational skills;
• Hands-on attitude with team spirit.

Nice to have:

• Affinity or experience with automation;
• Experience working in projects;
• Knowledge of Agile methodology.

Foreign languages: English (advanced)

Education: nice to have Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in an IT related field

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