Cyber Security Engineer

As Cyber Security Engineer, you design and deliver our information security programme, safeguarding the systems,

data, and customer trust the business relies on. You define technical controls, identify and reduce risk, and lead incident response.

Working with IT and engineering, you embed security into daily operations and drive assurance activities that support our regulatory requirements, including risk assessments, audits, and compliance with ISO 27001, NIS2, and the EU AI Act.

🚀What you will do 

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you play a key role in protecting our IT environment, systems, and data.

You are responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving technical security measures.

You identify and analyze vulnerabilities and threats and translate them into concrete solutions. 

In this new role, you will manage our security strategy, standards, and tooling from day one, acting as the senior internal authority on security and partnering with IT and engineering to embed it into day-to-day operations. 

• Run a baseline security assessment across cloud, identity, applications, endpoints, and third parties. 

• Publish core security policies: acceptable use (including AI), access control, incident response, vulnerability management, and third-party risk. 

• Implement a SIEM to improve threat detection and incident response. 

• Establish a vulnerability management programme with defined SLAs. 

• Harden CI/CD pipelines with enforced secrets scanning, SAST, and IaC scanning. 

• Maintain an active third-party risk process, including vendor inventory, tiering, questionnaires, and renewal triggers. 

• Deliver an ongoing cyber awareness programme with quarterly phishing tests, role-based training, and onboarding modules. 

• Document and test incident response runbooks, including a leadership tabletop exercise. 

• Achieve ISO 27001 readiness, with NIS2 and EU AI Act obligations evidenced and audit-ready. 

• Embed security as a standard gate in the SDLC (security by design). 

• Define an AI governance framework for model use, data handling, and AI features in released products. 

Your team 

You will join an organization where cyber security is still evolving and where no fully established security team is in place yet.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to play a key part in shaping and building the security domain. 

You report to the CTO, working closely with IT and development teams and act as the go-to subject matter expert for cyber security. You take a leading role in embedding security structurally and sustainably within the organization. 

💡What you bring 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a cyber security, security engineering, or IT security role.

• A completed HBO or WO degree in ICT, Cyber Security, or a related field – or equivalent demonstrable experience. 

• Industry certification: CISSP, CISM, OSCP, CEH, or AWS Security Specialty.

• Evidence of building or improving a security function in a SaaS or regulated environment. 

• Knowledge of network and cloud security, identity & access management, and security tooling. 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code. 

• Experience with monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management. 

• The ability to translate security policies from an ISMS into concrete actions and improvements. 

• Basic knowledge of .NET and PHP web applications and their security implications. 

• Experience working with colleagues to identify vulnerabilities in applications (e.g. red teaming). 

• Good command of both Dutch and English. 

• Full list of technical requirements available on request. 

You stand out through

• Strong analytical skills and a solid security mindset. 

• The ability to identify risks and translate them into practical measures. 

• A critical yet solution-oriented attitude. 

• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Ownership and a proactive way of working. 

Why Paragin Group

You will join an organization where cyber security is taken seriously and where your expertise truly makes a difference.
You will have plenty of room for your own input and influence on both technical and strategic decisions, while working on relevant and meaningful security challenges. 

Paragin Group is a fast-growing EdTech SaaS organization with a clear mission: to support people and organizations in learning, development, and growth. With our software solutions, we help customers in education, business, and government make skills visible, achieve qualifications, and grow professionally. 

With more than 100 colleagues across 4 offices in the Netherlands, we are continuously building innovative solutions for learning and development.  

 
As a market leader in the Netherlands, backed by a British investor, we are in a phase of further professionalization and international expansion, aiming to become a strong European player. Our culture is characterized by ownership, collaboration, and the freedom to contribute ideas and make an impact on products, customers, and colleagues. 

What we offer 

• A contract of at least 32 hours per week. 

• A competitive salary between €4.000,= and €6.000,= per month (based on 40 hours), depending on experience and expertise. 

• A one-year contract with the prospect of a permanent position. 

• 29 vacation days based on a 40-hour workweek.

• Your primary work location will be agreed together: you can work from our Nijkerk or Amsterdam office, or a combination of both.

• Hybrid working options (max. 2 days working from home).

• A structured onboarding program to get to know our organization, products, and customers. 

• Plenty of room for personal growth and development. 

• Impactful work within a growing organization where your contribution matters. 

• A culture based on collaboration, trust, and ownership. 

• Pension scheme and expense reimbursement. 

• Access to OpenUp to support mental and emotional well-being for you and your immediate family. 

• Social activities such as company outings, Friday drinks, board games, sports activities, table football, and darts. 

Interested? 

Apply now and become part of our team! 

For more information about this position, please contact Sandra Peters, HR Assistent, via hr@paragin.com. 

The application process 

After you have applied, you will receive a confirmation of your application. 
We aim to get back to you as soon as possible. 

If we see a potential match, we will invite you for a first interview at our office. 
If there is mutual interest, a second interview will follow, where we will go into more detail about the role and our collaboration. 

Depending on the position, an additional assignment, case study, or job shadowing day may be part of the process. 

If we are both enthusiastic, we will be happy to make you a suitable offer. 

Good to know 

• A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is part of the application process. 

• For this position, you must reside in the Netherlands and be legally authorized to work there. 

• We do not provide visa sponsorship or relocation support. 

• Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.