Governance, Risk and Compliance

Mindera works with a variety of clients across the world to innovate and solve tough technical problems. Our security team enables Mindera to meet a variety of security standards and keep all Minders safe from the bad guys' hands.

Requirements

This role primarily involves working within European time zones, requiring a significant overlap with team hours.

• Reviewing our information security policies and processes to keep them current in a changing regulatory landscape;
• Keeping up-to-date with local, national and international regulations regarding information security and data protection to ensure that Mindera is aligned with upcoming requirements;
• Supporting and advising Mindera regarding compliance and risk management;
• Working with teams across the organisation to ensure they align with our global information security requirements;
• Planning and preparing for audits such as ISO 27001 and the UK Cyber Essentials Plus;
• Developing and maintaining processes for third-party security risk management, including due diligence and incident management;
• Maintaining relationships with Mindera's clients around information security compliance, including answering and reviewing security questionnaires and collecting evidence;
• Developing, facilitating and delivering workshops;

• Experience. You know what you're doing and want to learn more. You have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in the security field, preferably working for a technology company;
• Risk Management. You will have knowledge of risk management and maintaining a risk register;
• Security Principles. You will have a strong understanding of Information Security Principles, to be able to understand and assess threats in a balanced way that is aligned to the business.
• Compliance audits. You are familiar with ISO 27001 and how other audits are conducted; you have already been involved in audits and are confident speaking with an auditor.
• Information security awareness and education. You understand that information security is about supporting people to learn through positive engagement, not fear. You know how to present information to diverse audiences: from the project manager to the super-techie Rust backend developer.
• Security Controls. Demonstrated ability to manage and think through problems. Being able to manage security risks in a dynamic environment;
• Multitasking. You need to be able to switch between tasks and be organised in making sure work is progressing.
• Communication. You're a good communicator and are not afraid to ask. English is the main language used at Mindera, so you will be using it a lot, both spoken and in writing.
• Interpersonal skills. You will need to interact with a lot of people and be able to demonstrate that you can manage multiple stakeholders and support people to embed security into their work;
• Mindset. You can work autonomously and proactively in a distributed organization. You want to get things done, and done well;

• . Knowledge of data protection and privacy laws relevant to a technology organisation;

Benefits

• Permanent contract
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible working hours
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan
• Work with large scale systems powering global businesses;

Most of all You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

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