Requirements: English
Company: Authentiek B.V.
Region: Leiden , South Holland
Security Engineer at a Leading FinTech Company
Some practical details:
Preferred start date: ASAP
Duration: 12 months with possible extension(s)
Location: The Netherlands Leiden area
Standard working hours: 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day
Hybrid work standard: 2 days Work At The Office (WATO), 3 days Work From Home
(WFH) (Flexibility is appreciated)
About our client:
Our client is a global leader in the FinTech industry, known for facilitating secure, high-volume financial transactions. With decades of expertise and thousands of employees worldwide, the company supports top financial institutions, multinational firms, and an evolving landscape of global financial services.
Are you ready to join an industry-leading team working at the forefront of financial technology? We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with a deep background in software engineering and a passion for automation and operational efficiency. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your skills in a role that shapes the secure, scalable solutions driving global finance.
Job Summary
As a senior member of the Identity Access Management (IAM) team, you will lead and support the delivery and management of the on-premise Secrets Management Service using HashiCorp Vault Enterprise Edition. You will work on key tools, processes, and technologies critical to securing non-human identities and sensitive application data.
Key Responsibilities
- Support application teams with onboarding digital secrets by:
- Reviewing environments for appropriate authentication methods and secrets engines
- Assisting in compliance reporting and policy enforcement
- Managing the full lifecycle of secret onboarding
- Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to expand the service offering and drive adoption and automation
- Develop regular reports and accountability mechanisms for key metrics and agreed deliverables
- Work with vendor delivery teams to:
- Maintain detailed designs and gather prerequisites
- Deploy solutions in highly available, resilient, and secure configurations
- Ensure integration with the broader ecosystem (MS-AD, monitoring, backup, SIEM, etc.)
- Contribute to operational readiness and participate in an on-call rotation
- Design and deliver technical solutions based on specific customer business requirements
- Guide engineers in implementing policies and objectives set by senior management
- Translate high-level management policies into actionable engineering requirements
- Apply knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture within the IAM domain, particularly for non-human identities
Qualifications Experience
- Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
- At least 4 years of experience engineering and operating high-availability solutions across multiple data centers
- Proven experience leading teams and effectively delegating tasks
- Minimum of 3 years experience as a Solution Architect
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in Infrastructure and Configuration Management as Code (e.g., Terraform)
- Minimum 4 years of experience with DevOps tools (Jira, Git, Jenkins, etc.)
- Strong hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault Enterprise Edition
- Programming and automation skills using Python
- Proficient in working with REST APIs
- Scripting skills (e.g., Bash) for automating routine tasks
- Experience with SELinux
- Proficiency in Splunk, including query creation and monitoring
- Solid experience with RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 System Administration
Professional Competencies
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Quick learner with the ability to adapt to evolving technologies
- Strong team player with a proactive and flexible approach to change
- Fluent in English
Contact details
If you are interested in having more information, please send an email including your most recent CV to Authentiek B.V., Gianni Tjon Tam Pau at mail@authentiek.com. For more information about the job, please call +31 70 370 88 88.