IT Security Engineer | Talent Program, Utrecht

Your activities as an IT Security Engineer You will work as an IT Security Engineer for one of our clients with a special focus on your own development through one of our Talent Programs.

You are responding appropriately to security breaches and investigating how they could have occurred. Furthermore, devising and developing security plans for our client's IT infrastructure is at the core of this position. Your day‑to‑day responsibilities include:

Aligning with business analysts for backlog refinements

Investigation of current implementations and solutions and improving these to new standards

Developing, building, maintaining and testing security systems and monitoring their effectiveness

Investigating vulnerabilities in hardware, software and applications

Collaborating with other stakeholders to always ensure an optimal level of security

Reporting to senior management on potential threats, proposed improvements and current security issues

On average you work 36 hours a week on a client project and you spend 4 hours a week on your own personal, professional and technical development in one of our Talent Programs.

What we offer We offer the opportunity to become an expert in cyber security in an environment where we train you to excel as a high‑end professional. In addition, good working conditions are equally as important to us.

We provide a public transport card or an (electric) bike, free lunch at the office and regular team activities such as escape rooms and dinners to ensure a connected and social workplace.

A salary of€3,850 for master’s graduates, including holiday allowance and 13th month salary

Challenging work and projects for one of our top 200 clients

25 days of paid annual leave

Half‑day a week in‑house professional and technical training combined with personal coaching

External development budget of€2,000 per year to obtain relevant certifications

An international working environment with driven and ambitious colleagues from all over the world

The opportunity to take your next career move as a medior at the client or Mploy Associates after successfully completing your development program

Pro bono technical projects at socially relevant NGOs

What are we looking for? We are looking for graduates with different IT related backgrounds, experiences, and passions. It speaks for itself that you are ambitious, self‑reflective and dare to be confident in an authentic way. Furthermore, you are energized by stakeholder management and are well adept at gathering reliable information. You use this in combination with a consultive mindset to make our clients more successful.

You have 0–2 years of work experience and want to learn everything about IT engineering

You want to put the skills you have acquired during your bachelor's or master's Cyber Security, Computer Science or another IT related study into practice

You have extensive knowledge of computer hardware systems and networks

You are familiar with one or more general operating systems (e.g. Linux, Unix, Windows), cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) and common programming languages (e.g., Java, SQL, Python, C#)

You are able to troubleshoot complex security issues

You know your way around databases and network security systems

To apply, you need to live in the Netherlands and have no more than 3 years of work experience.

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