Overview
Head of Information Security Jobs in The Randstad, Netherlands at Catawiki
Title: Head of Information Security
Company: Catawiki
Location: The Randstad, Netherlands
Who We AreA piece of the moon, a complete dinosaur skeleton, the Pope’s hat, the world’s smallest book – at Catawiki, we come across exceptional objects such as these every day.
Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects. We offer over 75,000 special objects in auction every week — each reviewed and selected by one of Catawiki’s hundreds of in-house experts specialised in Art, Design, Jewellery, Fashion, Classic Cars, Collectables and many more.
We’ve sold 10 million unique items to date and it’s our mission to become the world’s most popular auction destination for special objects.
We’re an innovative, pioneering andfast-growing scale-up. If you think you can make a difference to our team, go ahead and apply.
About The Role And TeamWe are looking for a Head of Information Security to lead and manage our cybersecurity function.
As the leader of the team, you’ll be responsible for driving our efforts toward ensuring that our customers and employees stay safe: you will do so leveraging automation, being an advisor and evangelizing best security practices. As a manager you will use your experience and technical acumen to lead the security function, coaching and mentoring your security engineers.
To convey a sense of scale, here are a few numbers:
Around 120 people are in the engineering function
12 cross-functional agile teams, grouped into 4 teams of teams
Around 40 microservices [ruby on rails, golang]
Around 10 million unique users per month
Up to 15-20k HTTP requests per second served
And plenty of bots and bad actors that are trying to breach our perimeter, steal our customers’ financial information and commit fraud.
What You’ll Do
You are responsible for the entire security team’s project success and overall protection of user data and intellectual property.
You’ll maintain security policy compliance, spearhead security projects, and manage technical staff.
Develop and implement a comprehensive information security strategy aligned with objectives and regulatory requirements.
Conduct risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats in the organization’s systems and processes.
Directly oversee security systems and infrastructure monitoring, promptly identifying and responding to security incidents.
Assess and oversee the security aspects of third-party vendors and service providers.
Liaise with Product Development, Platform, Legal and Data Protection to advise on best practices and influence their roadmap
All in a work environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive and grow. Your impact will help millions of people buy and sell the objects of their dreams.
Who You Are
2+ years of experience as a manager
8+ years of experience in the security domain
Deep understanding of technical security controls requirements and emerging security trends.
Experience of implementing security detection and response controls within one the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Ability to translate technical security issues to a large audience and gather their support.
Experience with corporate security controls on MacOS.
Excellent communication skills in English, including communicating well across different functions and different levels in an organization.
Bonus if you
Experience in scale-ups and ability to cope with ambiguity and changing business requirements
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