Your impact.
As a Senior SOC Engineer, you will define and implement the future of detection engineering and incident response across ANVA. You will own telemetry visibility, build and tune detections, lead incident investigations, develop automation, and serve as the primary technical expert on monitoring and response. Working directly with the IT Security Lead, you will have significant autonomy and influence over the security direction of the company.
You will own the build-out of our detection engineering and incident response capability, working alongside our managed detection and response (MDR) partner and supporting the technical controls behind our ISAE 3000 assurance program.
Rather than inheriting someone else's security operations model, you will define it yourself. Within two years, you will be able to look at a mature detection and response capability and confidently say: "I built that."
Your Key Responsibilities.
Detection & Visibility
- Own telemetry coverage across cloud, endpoint, identity, application, and infrastructure log sources.
- Assess and prioritize the detection and response roadmap against a defined threat model.
- Tune MDR-managed and baseline detections to the insurance and fintech threat landscape.
- Develop custom detection logic where coverage gaps exist.
- Balance detection effectiveness against alert fatigue and operational noise
Incident Response & Automation
- Design and maintain incident response playbooks covering unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and breach scenarios
- Build triage and evidence collection automation
- Define the alert thresholds and escalation criteria used by the MDR partner.
- Lead investigations during security incidents
- Run tabletop exercises and continuously improve response procedures
Compliance & Governance
- Responsible for the technical controls that support the ISAE 3000 assurance program.
- Support auditors with detection and response-related inquiries.
- Develop and hand over operational runbooks and logging standards to IT, Development, and Operations teams.
- Ensure monitoring controls remain aligned with regulatory and customer expectations
This is what we offer you.
At ANVA, you’ll have the freedom to experiment and deliver results. You’ll work with modern technology in an environment where you’re taken seriously. We offer trust, autonomy, and the opportunity to collaborate with experienced engineers, with a focus on personal development and a healthy work-life balance.
Salary and Benefits
A salary commensurate with your seniority, experience, and impact, with a maximum of €6,965. We consider who you are and what you bring to the table. In addition, you’ll receive benefitsthat make a difference, so you can focus entirely on what you’re here to do.
Vacation days
You get 27.5 vacation days to recharge, travel, or just do nothing. Because sustainable performance starts with sufficient rest. We believe it is important that you have time for yourself, your family, or your passions.
Non-contributory pension
We pay your pension contributions in full. This means you automatically build up your pension for later, without it costing you anything now. That gives you peace of mind and security, just as it should be.
Growth
At ANVA, you will be given the opportunity to develop yourself. Through training, coaching, and (international) career opportunities, you can broaden or deepen your role. Your ambition determines the direction.
Workation
Ready for some sun and inspiration? You will have the opportunity to work temporarily from the Caribbean. This allows you to combine productivity with a unique experience at one of our international locations.
AI First Tech Vision
In every role, we encourage the use of AI as a smart tool to support your daily work. Not as a replacement, but as a powerful complement to help you work faster, better, and more efficiently. This approach fosters innovation while also valuing your own expertise.
Working from home
Hybrid working is a matter of course for us. You will receive a work-from-home budget of €750 to set up a comfortable and professional workspace. This allows you to work just as comfortably at home as you would in the office.
Food & drink
At the office, you can enjoy barista coffee, fresh juices, and fresh fruit. Our hospitality colleagues ensure that you have everything you need. Small details that make your working day just that little bit better.
Fun!
We regularly organize staff events, ranging from substantive sessions to sporting and social activities. Participation is always voluntary, but having fun together is part of who we are.
Financially Fit
You can make use of independent financial advice for your personal situation. Whether it concerns your pension, mortgage, or other financial questions, we are happy to help you look ahead with confidence.
Who are you?
You are a Security Engineer with:
- 7+ years of experience in Security Operations, Incident Response, or Detection Engineering.
- Proven experience creating, testing, and tuning detection logic within SIEM or security data platforms.
- Experience leading incident investigations from scoping through containment and post-incident reporting.
- Experience working with MDR or outsourced SOC partners.
- Strong knowledge of cloud and application telemetry, including AWS environments.
- Experience with CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, GuardDuty, IAM, and identity attack paths
- Familiarity with Spring Boot applications and containerized microservices.
- Experience working with endpoint telemetry across Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Knowledge of CrowdStrike, AWS Security Lake, Elastic Stack, or equivalent platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and Detection-as-Code approaches.
- Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Strong communication skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Nice to have: experience with SSDLC and application security tooling such as Aikido, SAST, and SCA platforms
Where will you end up?
For over 50 years, we at ANVA have been developing software for the insurance industry. What began as an industry-led initiative has grown into an innovative fintech company used by more than 10,000 professionals every day. With our software, we help insurers, Managing General Agents and advisors serve millions of customers more effectively and efficiently.
From our offices in Amersfoort and Bergen op Zoom, our team of around 200 colleagues is shaping the future of financial services. We do this using smart technology. For us, AI isn’t just an experiment, but a core and essential component in the development and continuous improvement of our platform. But beyond smart technology, what really sets us apart is our teamwork: collaborating, taking initiative, and getting a little better every day.
When you walk into ANVA, you’ll notice it right away: there’s a great mix of focus, innovation, and fun here! You’ll be working alongside smart, thoughtful, and curious colleagues who love to get things done but also know how to keep things in perspective. We work hard, brainstorm a lot, learn quickly, and celebrate both small and big successes along the way. Where will you end up? A place where your ideas are welcome, new ideas are valued, your growth is taken seriously, and your colleagues are always willing to brainstorm (or grab coffee)!
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