Security Engineer

Financial Services

SecurityEngineer-AVP

£110–165k ~AI est. Edinburgh, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Lead candidates.

The Brief

“Security Engineer - AVP at Security Engineer. Skills: Security engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud security. Develop security solutions. Implement security solutions”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Creative problem solving; Effective problem solving; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years AWS DevOps expertise, Experience embedding security-by-design, Experience operating secure AWS DevSecOps platforms, Experience integrating security controls, Experience balancing delivery speed with risk, Experience leading engineering transformation, Experience leading security transformation, Experience delivering projects end-to-end, Experience upskilling teams, Experience driving behavioural change

Nice to Have

Banking experience, Financial services experience, Regulated enterprise experience, Experience designing DevSecOps, Experience enabling repeatable security remediation, Experience engineering resilient cloud platforms, Experience engineering security controls, Experience supporting high availability, Experience supporting rapid disaster recovery, Experience supporting business continuity

What You'll Do.

Develop security solutions

Implement security solutions

Maintain security solutions

Provide subject matter expertise

Develop software applications

Implement software applications

Monitor infrastructure

Identify vulnerabilities

Assess vulnerabilities

Support breach response

Identify advancements

Adopt new technologies

Collaborate with developers

Collaborate with security teams

Align cryptographic solutions

Develop Identity and Access Management

Implement Identity and Access Management

Maintain Identity and Access Management

Advise decision making

Influence decision making

Contribute to policy development

Take responsibility for operational effectiveness

Collaborate with other functions

Collaborate with business divisions

Perform complex tasks

Deliver business impact

Determine reward outcomes

Lead collaborative assignments

Identify need for specialisation

Identify new directions

Identify cross functional methodologies

Consult on complex issues

Provide advice to leaders

Support issue resolution

Identify ways to mitigate risk

Develop new procedures

Take ownership for managing risk

Understand area coordination

Collaborate with other areas

Keep up with business activity

Keep up with business strategy

Engage in complex analysis

Solve problems creatively

Solve problems effectively

Communicate complex information

Influence stakeholders

Convince stakeholders

Protect banks systems

Protect sensitive information

Protect sensitive data

Drive DevSecOps innovation

Embed security into engineering

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Agile value streams; TechOps platforms; Business aligned support

Communication Scope

Communicate complex information

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information. **Accountabilities** * Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns. * Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms, and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems. * Management and protection of secrets, ensuring that they are securely generated, stored, and used. * Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the banks infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches. * Identification of advancements in to support the innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques. * Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure that cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements. * Development/ Implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems. **Assistant Vice President Expectations** * To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. * Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes * If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. * O

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