Crown Agents Bank

FinTech

SeniorOperationalSecurityEngineer

£95–135k ~AI est. London, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Operational Security Engineer at Crown Agents Bank. Skills: Operational security, Security controls, Endpoint security, Network security. Own and operate EDR tooling. Triage alerts”

Industry & Context.

FinTech
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Threat analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Degree or equivalent professional experience, Significant hands-on experience in operational information security, Demonstrable experience managing EDR/AV, Demonstrable experience managing SIEM/XDR platforms, Demonstrable experience managing network security controls, Practical experience with identity and access management, Experience with enterprise security solutions suites, Working knowledge of PAM tooling, Ability to produce clear technical documentation

Nice to Have

Relevant industry certification desirable, Hands-on experience and demonstrable technical capability, Experience in a regulated financial services environment, Working knowledge of ISO 27001, Working knowledge of NIST CSF, Working knowledge of DORA, Working knowledge of NYDFS Part 500

What You'll Do.

Own and operate EDR tooling

Monitor endpoint health

Enforce endpoint security baselines

Perform endpoint hardening

Manage anti-malware controls

Configure firewall controls

Configure network segmentation

Manage remote access security

Maintain baseline security standards

Own email security controls

Manage proxy controls

Block malicious URL/content

Administer MFA solutions

Manage PAM/PIM controls

Administer PAM/PIM platform

Manage privileged sessions

Run access review cycles

Maintain least-privilege

Support customer-facing access controls

Govern authentication

Respond to DLP alerts

Oversee data classification

Oversee data retention

Oversee data archiving

Oversee data disposal

Support insider threat monitoring

Manage encryption standards

Manage certificate lifecycle

Monitor certificate renewal

Monitor certificate revocation

Triage security alerts

Analyse security alerts

Lead threat hunting activities

Proactively identify attacker activity

Maintain XDR platform

Manage XDR rule management

Manage XDR integrations

Manage XDR telemetry quality

Investigate security incidents

Investigate anomalous activity

Investigate SOC escalations

Produce recommendations

Develop incident response runbooks

Maintain incident response runbooks

Own ransomware readiness

Conduct business resilience testing

Manage security automation

Develop SOAR playbooks

Provide operational interface with SOC

Support SLA management

Support technical escalation

Contribute security operations data

Contribute security operations metrics

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Working with SD team; Working with Workspace team; Coordinating with SOC; Operational interface with SOC

Communication Scope

Clear reporting; Clear findings; Clear recommendations

Full Job Description

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it. Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque. Our solutions help fix these pain points. Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement. FX and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in emerging markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets. The Senior Operational Security Engineer owns and operates the firm’s core protective and detective security controls across endpoint, network, identity and data security domains, converting multiple best-efforts operational security activities into sustainable, auditable and scalable services. Security Operations — Endpoint & Network * Own and operate Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) tooling including alert triage, threat containment and endpoint health monitoring across all firm devices. * Enforce endpoint security baselines, compliance checks and hardening standards across the estate. * Manage anti-malware controls including policy configuration, update management and alert response. * Configure and manage firewall and Web Application Firewall (WAF) controls, network segmentation, and remote access security. * Working closely with the SD and Workspace team to maintain baseline security standards across endpoint environments. * Own email security cont

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