Senior Database Security Specialist (w/m/d)

Our customer is a top-tier investment bank with client assets of hundreds of billion globally.

Reason to join us

• We offer the opportunity to work in a highly professional environment where you will work with high-level financial instruments
• We want you to be part of our success story and give you reasons to be proud of what you achieved as part of our fabulous team
• We give you the opportunity to develop yourself and evolve in your career via our fantastic technical, business-related or soft skills training
• We encourage creative-thinking in our great open-minded work environment. Frequently the relaxation rooms are the place where the most ambitions ideas are born.
• We are not just professional teams, we are also friends that have fun working together
• If you are an active person and you feel motivated by the creation/development of the software solutions, then this is the place to be, you will not get bored.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure configuration baselines and hardening standards for enterprise databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-native databases).
• Conduct database security assessments, architecture reviews, and technical risk evaluations for new and existing platforms.
• Implement and manage encryption, key management, and secure data‑handling practices across the Bank's data landscape.
• Design and enforce strong authentication, authorization, and privileged‑access models in collaboration with Identity & Access Management (IAM) teams.
• Deploy and optimize database activity monitoring (DAM) tools to detect and respond to unusual or unauthorized behavior.
• Investigate data‑security incidents and provide expert input into incident response activities.
• Perform vulnerability assessments, patch and configuration gap analysis, and support remediation planning.
• Ensure compliance with internal security controls and external regulations (ISO 27001, SOX, GDPR, NIST).
• Support cloud security initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for database services and certificate/secret management workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, application teams, and governance stakeholders to embed secure design principles.
• Produce clear documentation, security guidelines, risk reports, and recommendations for technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Must have

• BSc. / MSc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in database security, cybersecurity engineering, or database administration.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise database technologies and security principles.
• Experience with encryption, secure configuration, and secure access controls.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their managed database offerings.
• Understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001.
• Experience in analyzing logs, alerts, and security events.