Red Team Operation Expert

ING CISO mission is to keep the bank secure and to safeguard customer trust by predicting, preventing, identifying and responding to threats and make sure a quick recovery from cyber-related incidents. We enable our ING colleagues by providing usable and secure services and ensure that security is part of our DNA. 

ING, like its competitors, is operating in an increasingly complex environment. Digitisation is a top priority as customer preferences are changing towards mobile and digital. ING is moving from traditional ways of delivering to a platform bank. Disruptive technologies and new types of threats create additional cyber risks for organisations, and new cyber security regulations are either launching or in development. 

Generic summary of role 

The ING Global CISO’s Attack Surface Management (ASM) tribe focusses on reducing both the external as well as the internal attack surface of the entire ING organisation, by (automated) hardening of our assets against cyber threats with preventive controls and proactively identifying and remediating vulnerabilities. One of area belonging to the ASM tribe is the Center of Expertise (CoE) Offensive Security including Penetration Testing and Red Teaming Expert Teams and Security Development & Engineering Expert Team. The CoE Offensive Security is globally responsible for the following activities:

• Execution of scheduled and ad-hoc penetration tests, red teaming exercises and DDoS exercises.
• Providing specific analysis of security issues, confirming hypotheses, testing and certifying new technologies.
• Continuous monitoring of development environment, quality of tools, configurations etc. basing on results of security processes embedded into Security Development Lifecycle (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, VS, penetration testing and red teaming) and dedicated analysis on the most common vulnerabilities identified in code
• Providing training and awareness on secure coding practices for developers and security champions
• Providing consulting and expert knowledge on specific software issues and vulnerabilities, low quality of code, use of libraries and frameworks, specific security settings of application servers.

Red Team Expert is responsible for delivering Offensive Security capabilities to ING with expected high quality and on timely manner, definition of run-book, mentoring team members, exploring existing Tactiques, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and actively researching for new ones. Supporting RT goal definition, scenario analysis and application of relevant TTPs, coordination of replay scenarios and end-to-end support as SME for XDR improvements with focus on protecting ING against adversaries is a party of the daily tasks.

Roles and responsibilities

Red Team Operation Expert is responsible for:

• Leading delivery of Red Teaming Projects either as activity delivered by an expert team or by 3rd party vendor as a service, including Threat Lead Penetration Tests.
• Supporting the Global Red Team Calendar of ING, based on Threat Intelligence and guidance.
• Reporting outcomes and findings of Red Team exercises towards stakeholders
• Leading execution and delivery of security assessments of IT products, infrastructure, applications or 3rd party services as a mechanism to assess the effectiveness of cybercrime resilience controls in place to protect people, process and technology aspects of ING IT systems
• Providing technical expertise, analytical skills, documentation and coordination support to an expert team or to CoE’s service consumers
• Guiding towards best practices, industry standards and solutions to assure quality of security capabilities delivered out by CoE Offensive Security.
• Drive the competencies and capabilities within an expert team in the field of PT, RT, Secure Development & Engineering by people and team development, in coordination with Expert Team Lead.
• Identify and develop the next experts of the security community, focusing on craftmanship and skills development

How to succeed
We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

• Prior or current experience working as a Penetration Tester, Red Team or Cybersecurity consultant or developer with a focus on secure coding and system design (minimum 5 years)
• Hands on experience with testing devices, infrastructure or cloud, networks and applications (including testing web applications and APIs, mobile applications is a plus) and/or knowledge of secure coding aspects in at least one leading programming language (e.g. Java, C#, C/C++/Objective-C, Python, GoLANG, SQL etc.)
• Certificates like Offensive Certifications like OSCP, OSWP, SANS Offensive Operations Certificates like GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN) / Certified Expert Penetration Tester (CEPT)/ ZeroPoint Security Red Team Operator (RTO)/Red Team Operator II
  (RTO II) is a plus
• Strong knowledge of current security technologies and emerging trends in the area of cybersecurity 
• Passionate about the field of Cybercrime resilience, secure coding practices, secure design and advanced security testing techniques
• Seamless ability to communicate technical issues in a business language
• Ability to work independently and in the team.
• Ability to support yourself and other team members in development
• Ability to empower teams to act autonomously, think out of the box and hold them accountable  
• Good oral and written English communication skills

Rewards and benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

●          24-27 vacation days depending on contract

●          Pension scheme

●          13th month salary

●          8% Holiday payment

●          Hybrid working

●          Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

●          An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us
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