Security Architect with AI focus

Description

The company treats protecting customer and company data as its top priority. This role sits in the Group CISO team and shapes security as the company becomes more digital and relies more on AI.

You will lead the design of the company's AI security architecture so that AI use stays secure, compliant and able to scale. You will also help improve the group security architecture and the foundations of the cyber defence domain.

You will work with product management and engineering to turn strategy into practical, scalable, secure solutions built on open standards, open technologies and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the security architecture and its roadmap, keeping information systems secure, resilient and aligned with business goals.
• Develop the cyber defence architecture and guide product and engineering teams in strengthening those capabilities.
• Shape the AI security architecture together with the security architecture team and key enterprise and domain architects.
• Act as the AI security expert, spotting emerging trends and advising technology and business stakeholders on AI risks, controls, governance and architecture.
• Represent the CISO and wider security concerns in internal governance bodies such as the Data and AI Architecture Board.
• Write AI security principles, standards and guidelines that match company strategy, regulation and industry best practice.
• Identify and drive the AI security capabilities, products and services that let the group adopt AI securely.
• Help DevOps teams design and build secure, scalable, compliant solutions.

Requirements

• Master's degree in computer science or an equivalent, focused on AI and cybersecurity, plus 5 years of IT architecture experience.
• Strong background in security architecture using formal methods such as SABSA.
• Solid knowledge of the regulatory, risk and compliance rules that apply to data and AI. Experience in financial services preferred.
• Ability to define, document and explain end-to-end security architectures and to write multi-year AI security roadmaps tied to business strategy.
• Proven cyber defence architecture experience covering monitoring, detection, response, threat intelligence and automation, with the ability to drive the roadmap and support delivery teams.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud-native and data-driven platforms such as Azure or AWS, including identity, data, API and platform security for AI workloads.
• Proven experience securing AI and ML systems, including data pipelines, model training and inference, and protection against data leakage, model abuse and adversarial threats.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English, with a proven record as a trusted adviser to senior and C-level stakeholders and the ability to guide engineers and architects in an agile organisation.
• Certifications such as CISSP-ISSAP or CCSP preferred.

Conditions

Works 36 hours per week.

Reports to the Enterprise Security Architect within the Group CISO security architecture team.

Works with the Group CISO, central IT, local IT teams in business units and countries, fellow architects and security officers across the group.

Helps DevOps teams developing agentic AI products embed security across the AI lifecycle, and takes part in architecture boards that make key decisions.

Benefits

• Salary between €6,378 and €8,504, depending on knowledge and experience, based on a 36-hour week.
• 13th month and holiday allowance paid with your monthly salary.
• 27 vacation days on a 5-day working week, plus three Diversity Days.
• Pension administered by BeFrank.
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities.
• NS Business Card 2nd class for unlimited travel, including private trips. If you travel by your own transport, you can claim the kilometres you drive.
• Allowances for setting up a home office and for internet use.