Security by Design Specialist

Junior Security by Design Architect

Does working at one of Europe’s largest fin-tech companies sound interesting to you? Are you keen to join a rapidly growing team, in an international environment where you’ll get tons of opportunities to develop yourself, and collaborate with colleagues from all over Europe? If so, you are in the right place!

We come from the merger and integration of of Nexi, Nets and Sia; with a presence in more than 25 countries, more than 10,000 employees across Europe and experience on the market for more than 80 years. We provide limitless growth opportunities for our employees.

As our Junior Security by Design Architect, you will be part of the Group Security by Design & Delivery (SDD) department, within the Group CISO Area of the Nexi Group. Here you’ll be empowered to try out new ideas and find solutions while being part of a great team where trust, support and sparring are valued a lot.

The SDD department is international and operates at the Nexi Group level, with a mission to ensure that security requirements are integrated into all Projects across the Group (Business and other), as well as to manage Security Project delivery for the Group CISO Area.

SDD consists of two Teams: South SDD Team and North SDD Team. While each Team is focused on a subset of Nexi Group Regions, both continuously collaborate, particularly when it comes to cross-Group activities. Both Teams are powered by our Security by Design Architects and Security Project Managers, all located in different European countries with Nexi Group presence.

Since we’re now hiring multiple Junior Security by Design & Delivery Architect positions, depending on the North/South SDD Team placement, you will report to one of our two Team Leaders.

Main Activities:

•        Assist the Security by Design & Delivery and its initiatives, related internal processes and methods, and drive target outcomes in line with defined strategies.

•        Assist ensuring the definition, cost estimation and integration of security requirements into IT projects, as part of the Security by Design process

•        Assist as an interface for the Group CISO Area and coordinate various stakeholders.

•        Assist in security reviews of technical architecture designs and related artefacts.

•        Assist in representing Security by Design & Delivery in the Technical Design Authority (TDA) process.

•        Support other tasks, in line with agreed priorities.

Education and Main Competencies:

•        University degree, preferred in IT domain.

•        Proactivity and ability to work both individually and as part of a team, in an international environment.

•        Basic understanding of information security principles and good practices

•        Basic understanding of security frameworks, architecture, and engineering principles

•        Basic understanding of security technologies

•        Basic understanding of highly regulated environments, ideally PCI DSS

•        Basic understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery principles

•        Basic understanding of physical security principles and good practices

•        Basic planning and organization skills

•        Basic skills in word processing applications, spread sheet and presentation applications.

Certifications and other skill:

•        Good spoken and good written communication skills, including report writing for different audiences.

•        Basic analytical skills with attention to details

•        Basic problem-solving skills with ability to generate concrete and applicable solutions under minimum supervision.

•        Basic ability to work in a fast-paced environment with concurrent activities, changing priorities and strict deadlines.

•        Basic ability to drive and improve areas which may involve collaboration with different teams.