Flutter

HeadofSecurityOperations&Engineering

Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Leeds, United Kingdom; Dublin, Ireland Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Head of Security Operations & Engineering at Flutter. Skills: Security Operations, Security Engineering, Threat Detection, Incident Response, DevSecOps, AI Integration. Protecting the organization through the design, build, and operation of scalable, resilient, and intelligence-driven security capabilities.. Leading teams that detect, respond to, and prevent security threats.”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Powerful analytical and problem-solving skills; Ability to independently clarify and assess issues and effectively prioritize workload

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience of operating in a senior technology role within a fast-paced online/eCommerce organisation., Extensive experience of building, leading and transforming teams., Extensive experience with Security Operations Centres (SOC), as well as Network, Identity, Application and Data security., Experience of DevSecOps, including code pipeline security and using Agile philosophies/models., understanding of configuration management and automation systems., Subject matter expert of Security technologies, with demonstrable experience of developing and implementing them., Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure platforms (e. g. AWS, GCP, Azure)., written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of audience including executive leadership., Powerful analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop solutions in new and creative ways., Ability to independently clarify and assess issues and effectively prioritize workload., Competent in the field of business change, with an ability to drive change across large organisations and ensure adoption of changes., A proven track record of delivering solutions with an outcome/value focus, leading at scale to successfully deliver against strategic objectives., Excellent understanding of Service Management and Service Lifecycle frameworks., Demonstrating curiosity and openness toward AI and emerging technologies, with a willingness to continuously learn, adapt, share knowledge and collaborate with AI tools in your day to day activity.

Nice to Have

Knowledge of AWS, Wiz, Crowdstrike, Cata Networks, Cribl & Splunk, Experience with Agentic AI into our detection and response capabilities, Experience with AI-augmented Risk and Vulnerability Management practices, Experience with DevSecOps best practices, Experience with AI-based threats

What You'll Do.

Protecting the organization through the design

and operation of scalable

and intelligence-driven security capabilities.

Leading teams that detect

and prevent security threats.

Engineering the platforms

and automation that underpin security capabilities.

Ensuring security operations are effective and continuously improving.

Reducing mean time to detect and respond (MTTD/MTTR).

Increasing visibility across the environment.

Developing and leading Security Operations and Engineering teams.

Setting and executing Cloud Security Strategy.

Working closely with vendors including AWS

Exploring ways to adopt Agentic AI into detection and response capabilities.

Leading and supporting on incidents.

Establishing appropriate AI-augmented Risk and Vulnerability Management practices.

Liaising with Data protection

Risk and Audit teams.

Developing SOC capability to respond at machine speed to AI-based threats.

Working closely with other technology teams ensuring alignment of roadmaps.

Establishing DevSecOps best practices.

Engaging with other brand Security leaders ensuring knowledge sharing.

and knowledge transfer to team members.

Establishing appropriate processes/procedures

policies and reporting (including KPIs) for all tooling and systems introduced.

Promoting a mentality of continuous improvements.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering closely with Security Architecture, Threat Intelligence, Engagement and Engineering teams.; Forming an integral part of the Technology Operations leadership team.; Working closely with other technology teams ensuring alignment of roadmaps.; Engaging with other brand Security leaders ensuring knowledge sharing.; Collaborating with AI tools in day-to-day activity.

Communication Scope

Written and verbal communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of audience including executive leadership; Effective communicator; Adjusts communication style to fit the audience; Consistently communicates the mission, vision and values; Ensures others understand how their efforts positively impact the bigger picture; Creates an environment that encourages effective communication and the sharing of diverse perspectives

Process & Methodology

Agile philosophies/models, Driving change across large organisations

Full Job Description

Head of Security Operations & Engineering - Flutter Functions, Hybrid ## **This position is open across multiple Flutter UK & Ireland office locations. The benefits and package will be in line with the entity in your location. Your Talent Partner will discuss this in further detail.** Locations: Cluj-Napoca/ Leeds/ Dublin **Role Overview :** The Head of Security Operations and Engineering is responsible for protecting the organization through the design, build, and operation of scalable, resilient, and intelligence-driven security capabilities. This role leads the teams that detect, respond to, and prevent security threats while also engineering the platforms, tools, and automation that underpin those capabilities. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and execution, the role ensures that security operations are not only effective in responding to incidents, but continuously improving through engineering excellence, threat intelligence, and data-driven decision-making. It combines real-time defense (e.g., monitoring, detection, incident response) with long-term capability building (e.g., tooling, automation, detection engineering, and platform integration) leaning into the opportunity of Agentic AI for faster analysis, detection & response. The Head of Security Operations and Engineering partners closely with Security Architecture, Threat Intelligence, Engagement and Engineering teams to ensure that controls are operationalized, detections are meaningful, and response processes are efficient and repeatable. A key focus is reducing mean time to detect and respond (MTTD/MTTR), increasing visibility across the environment, and ensuring the organization can effectively defend against evolving threats. The role is accountable for ensuring that security operations are proactive, intelligence-led, and tightly integrated with engineering—moving the organization from reactive defense to a mature, adaptive AI-enabled security posture. **Key Accountabilities & Responsibiliti

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