Job Description

Join us as a Security Specialist Take on a new challenge and use your specialist knowledge to support the wider organisation in building and operating secure services that protect both colleagues and customers You ll act as a subject matter expert in a security related field, making sure that the security implications of the backlog are understood in the right way, building security early into design You ll be joining an exciting and fast-paced area of the bank, where you can expect great exposure both for you and your work We re offering this role at associate vice president level What youll do As a Security Specialist, you ll work at a domain level to understand and ensure robust security is continuously considered and incorporated at every stage, programme increment and feature team delivery throughout the development lifecycle and through to support. You ll collaborate with feature teams and participate in story refinement, sprint planning and retrospective sessions, establishing a culture of innovation and strategic thinking that makes sure that the bank has knowledge of, and opportunities to exploit, the latest developments in your area of specialism. You ll also be: Supporting with the identification of risks, while contributing to risk management strategies to achieve business objectives and customer outcomes Understanding and implementing Agile methodologies and actively contributing to finding opportunities to build security early into design Making sure that decisions made are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management Actively contributing to your centre of excellence (CoE) specialism by cross sharing learnings and best practice with CoE and community of practice colleagues Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank and third parties to ensure decisions made are commercially focused and create long term value for the organisation The skills youll need To be successful in this role, you ll need knowledge of one or more security subject areas and experience of setting risk appetites. You ll also demonstrate experience of, or a willingness to learn risk management frameworks to assess and provide advice for the changes introduced to the infrastructure components, while playing a key role in a tool based rule change management process. Additionally, you ll need: An understanding of Agile methodologies with the ability to write technical issues in business term, plus analytical and problem-solving skills Good knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, like ISO, NIST & SoGP Should have experience in a similar role and relevant networking or security trainings/certifications such as CCNA Security, CompTia Sec+, CCNP, CCSP Good understanding of a network security focused on Public Cloud computing plus LAN, WAN and VPN networking and firewalling experience A background of defining policy controls with understanding of completing benchmarking to peers and industry standards