Job Description
Summary
The Principal - Engineering Resilience plays a key role in supporting engineering teams to build secure, resilient, and regulatory-compliant systems. This role provides technical expertise and facilitates the implementation of compliance measures as defined in organizational policies and regulatory frameworks, ensuring that technical solutions align with documented standards. By fostering collaboration and operational stability, the Principal - Engineering Resilience acts as a trusted advisor, helping engineers implement best practices while maintaining compliance with industry regulations.
In this role, you will:
Support Compliance Implementation
- Provide support to engineering teams on implementing compliance measures defined in organizational policies and regulatory standards such as BAIT, MaRisk, DORA, and ISO 27001.
- Act as a facilitator for engineers to understand technical aspects of compliance requirements documented by the organization.
- Manage internal cross-functional projects addressing compliance and security initiatives.
Operational Resilience Enablement
- Support the integration of resilience measures into systems and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational standards for operational stability.
- Assist in embedding resilience and security controls into technical workflows as specified in documented organizational frameworks.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitate effective communication between engineering teams and compliance or risk stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment with documented requirements.
- Serve as a technical liaison to support the execution of compliance measures while maintaining clear accountability boundaries.
Addressing Risks
- Assist engineers in addressing risks identified through organizational risk management processes, ensuring timely and effective implementation of remediation measures.
- Provide technical input to mitigate vulnerabilities during system development or operations.
Documentation and Audit Readiness
- Maintain accurate documentation of technical implementations and compliance-related activities to support audit readiness and organizational transparency.
- Ensure that technical records align with organizational policies and are accessible for review by relevant stakeholders.
Incident Support
- Assist engineering teams in addressing incidents requiring technical compliance expertise, ensuring actions align with organizational policies and frameworks.
What you need to be successful:
Key Competencies
- Technical Expertise: Advanced understanding of ICT systems, operational resilience, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., BAIT, MaRisk, DORA, ISO 27001).
- Regulatory Knowledge: Awareness of compliance requirements as documented in organizational policies and the ability to implement technical solutions in alignment with these standards.
- Collaboration: Proven ability to work with engineering teams and compliance stakeholders, facilitating clear and effective communication.
- Problem-Solving: Skilled at translating compliance requirements into actionable technical steps for engineers.
- Documentation Skills: Ability to create and maintain clear, accurate records of technical activities for compliance and audit purposes.
- Adaptability: Balances the need for compliance adherence with the demands of engineering innovation.
Qualifications and Experience
- Extensive experience in ICT systems engineering or a related technical field.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as BAIT, MaRisk, DORA, ISO 27001, or similar.
- Strong track record of implementing technical controls and supporting operational resilience within regulated industries.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including technical and compliance stakeholders.
Qualities
- Collaborative mindset, fostering teamwork between engineering teams and compliance functions.
- Transparent and integrity-driven, committed to maintaining trust across organizational stakeholders.
- Proactive and solution-oriented, balancing technical execution with compliance requirements.
Skills
- Communications Skills
- Problem Solving
- Software Engineering
- Team Collaboration