Summary
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Join a security team responsible for protecting a large digital environment against internal and external threats. You will lead security assessments and investigations, perform penetration testing, automate security processes, maintain security documentation, and act as an escalation point for critical alerts across cloud and infrastructure environments.
Highlights
Play a key role in strengthening security across cloud and infrastructure environments. The position offers technical ownership of security assessments, investigations, penetration testing, automation, and critical alert resolution.
Description
summary
HEMA is in full swing.
We’re digitizing, automating, and making sure our systems stay secure and reliable.
As a Security Engineer, you play a key role in protecting our digital environment against both internal and external threats.
Your work helps colleagues operate safely and lets customers shop with confidence.
Sounds like your next challenge?
the challenge
As a Security Engineer, you’re a driving force within our security team, strengthening our digital defenses across cloud and infrastructure.
You bring deep technical expertise, a sharp analytical mind, and the drive to see solutions through, chasing stakeholders until issues are resolved.
Lead security assessments, investigations, and penetration tests, translating findings into clear, actionable improvements.Design, automate, and maintain security processes and documentation for cloud and infrastructure environments (ISMS).Act as the escalation point for critical security alerts, driving them to resolution with the relevant stakeholders.Strengthen our security posture by identifying risks and implementing structural, scalable solutions.Coach and support less experienced colleagues.Bring ideas to the table that make our security processes smarter, leaner, and more automated.
this is what we offer
At HEMA, you learn the trade in an environment where people genuinely work together.
You get proper guidance, feedback you can actually use, and you gain valuable experience.
Whether you’re just starting out or already have experience: you’re welcome here.
On top of that, at HEMA you’ll get:
💸 A good salary that matches your knowledge and experience.🌴 30 vacation days (based on 40 hours) and 8% holiday pay, so you can recharge in time.🎯 A variable bonus of up to 14% of your annual salary – depending on our collective results.💸 A net monthly expense allowance.🎄 A fixed year-end bonus of 4% of your annual salary.🛍️ 15% staff discount on all your HEMA favorites – from tompouce pastries to towels and notebooks.🧓 A solid pension scheme, so you’re well taken care of later too.🚗 Travel allowance of €0.23 per kilometer (from 10 km one-way, up to a max of 30 km).🎡 Access to the ‘benefits at work’ platform, with discounts on top brands, days out, and other extras that make life more fun.
this is what you'll bring
You’re a structured, process-driven security professional with a solutions-oriented mindset – you don’t stop at spotting a problem; you drive it to closure.
You’re a strong, persistent communicator who knows how to manage stakeholders and stays clear and confident when needed.
In addition, you bring:
A completed degree in IT, cybersecurity, or a related field, backed by several years of hands-on experience as a security engineer.Strong analytical skills and a structured, process-driven way of working.Hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform, such as AWS or Azure.A solid grasp of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, and networking services (SFTP, SMTP).Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or Go.Knowledge of common web application vulnerabilities like the OWASP Top 10.Experience with a SIEM platform like Microsoft Sentinel.Proficiency in Dutch and English.Nice to have: experience with no-code automation platforms such as Tines and n8n.
HEMA
At HEMA, more than 17,000 colleagues work together on a better everyday life in a more beautiful world.
With products that are more practical, more beautiful, better – and that last longer too.
And with colorful stores in towns, cities, and online.
We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but we’re not satisfied yet.
HEMA is truly HEMA again and ready for the next step.
Our ambition? To become a frontrunner in a challenging market.
We do this together, as one team, with proud colleagues, entrepreneurs, and partners.
By playing to win.
That means you’re curious, seize opportunities, work together with joy, and always go for the best result.
You dare to speak up and challenge others, so we get better together.
With your unique contribution, you can help build the HEMA for tomorrow.
You make HEMA real.
Are you in?
