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Junior Application Security Expert - Region Brussels

Last update 03.04.2025
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YOUR JOB IN A NUTSHELL

Are you enthusiastic about safeguarding the digital landscape from evolving cyber threats? Thrive on the challenge of outsmarting cybercriminals? As a Junior Application Security Expert you'll play a vital role in securing our customers, employees, data and ensuring system integrity.

AND IN DETAIL

At BNP Paribas Fortis, our Security center of expertise is dedicated to ensuring the security and integrity of our applications and IT infrastructure. Join our team of experienced professionals who are shaping the future of cybersecurity in the banking sector!

You'll be working closely with our development teams to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities, and collaborating with experts in the field to stay up-to-date with the latest threats and technologies. Whether it's conducting penetration testing, analyzing security risks, or developing secure coding practices, you'll be at the forefront of our efforts to protect our customers' sensitive information and maintain the trust of our stakeholders. 

As our Application Security Expert, you will be a:

  • Secure Development Coach: Collaborate with software development squads to integrate security best practices into their development workflows, ensuring that security is built into every stage of the software development lifecycle.
  • DevSecOps toolchain Specialist: Design, implement and manage the technical infrastructure that supports our automated security testing and vulnerability management capabilities, including code reviews, open source library evaluations, and container security scanning.
  • Vulnerability Hunter: Use our static code analysis tool to identify and analyze security defects and vulnerabilities in banking applications, and work with development teams to prioritize and remediate findings.
  • Security Policy Guru: Develop, maintain and update security policies and configurations across various security toolings, ensuring that our security controls are aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Security Insights Analyst: Provide actionable security insights and reporting to stakeholders, helping to ensure that everyone has a clear understanding of the security posture of our applications.
  • Security Thought Leader: Stay up-to-date with emerging security trends and technologies, and develop guidance and training materials to help development teams stay ahead of the curve.
  • Security Innovator: Contribute to initiatives that improve our application security and vulnerability management capabilities.

YOUR TALENTS AND COMPETENCES

  • You have a good understanding of security aspects related to  software development with a big drive to become a senior security expert in the next years.
  • Your interaction skills allow you to understand and explain the security issues to developers.
  • Experience in code review and penetration testing is a plus.
  • You have experience in distributed development (Java).
  • Your English is fluent. A knowledge of French or Dutch is a plus.
  • You are a Master in IT (at preference a Master in Cyber security), IT Engineering or equivalent.

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

OUR IMPACT

As a company, we implement concrete and sustainable solutions to reduce our environmental footprint, such as saving paper and resources, recycling our waste, encouraging the use of green transport, buildings that are designed and managed to limit our impact, etc.

YOUR CAREER PERSPECTIVES

The departments that make up BNP Paribas Fortis cover a wide range of activities. You will therefore have many opportunities for “horizontal” and “vertical” career development.

OUR OFFER

You’ll enjoy a permanent contract with an attractive salary package. You'll be working at our Brussels headquarters, just a short stroll from the railway station.

We support your work-life balance by offering a mixture of in-person and remote work, among other things.

OUR ENGAGEMENT

At BNP Paribas Fortis, we want to attract and retain all talent, whatever their gender, age, background or sexual orientation, and irrespective of whether they are living with a disability, as every person has their own experiences and their own identity. All of our full-time vacancies are also open to candidates wishing to work on an 80% or 90% full-time equivalent basis. 

TEMPTED BY THE CHALLENGE?

A first selection is made based on your CV and motivation letter. Are we convinced that you are the right candidate? Then we will contact you.

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Why should I apply?

Basically, why would you want to join BNP Paribas over any other company?

BECAUSE YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WANTS...

  • What if we told you that working in our Group isn’t quite what you might think? At BNP Paribas, we do a multitude of different jobs that are constantly evolving to meet the expectations of our clients and society as a whole. Whether through everyday tasks or major projects, doing one of our jobs means making a personal commitment to taking sustainable action.

  • Feeling good about your job means bringing your whole self to work and being who you are. It’s also about having the resources you need to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Both of these are major commitments at BNP Paribas.

  • At BNP Paribas, developing your skills is as important to us as it is to you. And the skills you learn with us will help you through the rest of your working life.

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