IT OpsRisk Engineer - Financial Markets @ ING Hubs Romania

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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?

Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:

• At ING, we're building the solutions of tomorrow, today | 80% of our colleagues in Romania agree

Your mission

As an OpsRisk Engineer will be part of the Financial Markets domain. 

You will help on risk subjects like:

• Act as a central SPOC for all incoming IT risk assessments and control evidencing requirements adhering the established control framework, SOx requirements and industry best practices.

• Monitoring, tracking and managing deviations to established IT Risk controls.

• Mediating between 1st LOD/2nd LOD and DevOps teams.

• Conducting walkthroughs with auditors to review and validate IT Risk control processes.

• Lead technical due diligence sessions with third party vendors.

You will work in an AGILE environment, following SCRUM methodology together with DevOps squads, helping to maintain a safe and secure application.

Your Day to Day

Your primary mission is to help the squads to implement IT Controls and to prove the controls are implemented effectively:

• ensure we are in control of our risk appetite

• define and document adequate risk processes and collect the evidences in regards; make sure that the different risk parties agree with the evidences

• responsible for creating documents and project management requirements or specifications

• provide documentation support to the technical team; interface with developers and operation engineers to define the specifications

• liaison between the team and other IT Risk professionals

• understand the need for security and apply it using the existing framework; constant communication about changes

• participate in automation program for process and evidence for IT risk

• show proactivity and flexibility, come up with plans of action and adapt approaches if necessary

• understand the corporate climate and culture and act as an ambassador; IT custodianship/asset owner role.

What you’ll bring to the team

Experience:

• Degree and/or experience in IT risk management, cybersecurity, or related field.

• Understanding of fundamental IT risk and security concepts and ability to think critically across technical control domains.

• Knowledge of IT control frameworks (eg. SOX, GDPR, CSA CCM) and industry standards (eg. ISO2700x, NIST).

• Proven track record of conducting IT control evidencing, qualitative risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies.

Risk reporting and communication:

• ability to communicate risk-related concepts to technical stakeholders.

• experience in liaising with second line risk functions.

• strong written and verbal communications skills in English.

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC or equivalent are a plus.

Knowledge:

Mandatory:

• Ability to understand the risk processes in an IT environment

• Experience with IT risk standards

• Ability to make clear and convincing statements related to risk procedures Proven planning and organizing experience

Nice to have:

• Project management experience

• Ability to track, plan and coordinate projects related to third party risk management, technical compliance, and/or IT risk automation

• Experience in working with Dev(Sec)Ops teams across vulnerability management, threat hunting, security detection and response and developing, or contributing to information security policies and procedures

• 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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