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Senior Cyber Defence Engineer

Division Close Brothers Central Functions - IT
Location Liverpool Street, London
Salary Competitive Base + Discretionary Bonus + Benefits
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join Close Brothers Cyber Security Team where you will be responsible for delivering and improving high quality cyber security technology designs and solutions.  Key stakeholders include the security operations team, technology teams, and Business Information Security Officers.

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will be expected to be a subject matter expert in several key security technologies such as DLP, SIEM, PAM, EDR, WAF, Web proxies and email content security, firewalls, etc.  The role holder will be able to adapt their output to the ever-changing threat and business landscape, identifying, implementing, and maintaining best practice solutions that address both current and emerging information security and compliance requirements of the organisation.

The role holder must also help ensure that the Bank is responsibly addressing Cyber and IT security in accordance with both organisational best practice and regulatory requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Information Security (SCTY) – Level 3

  • Applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments.
  • Communicates security risks and issues to business managers and others. Performs basic risk assessments for small information systems.

Software Configuration (PORT) – Level 5

  • Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of configuration development and deployment.
  • Plans and drives software configuration activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software configuration methods, tools, and techniques

Specialist Advice (TECH) – Level 5

  • Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area.
  • Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.

Risk Management (BURM) – Level 3

  • Undertakes basic risk management activities.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

  • Proven experience working in a security engineer role
  • Good knowledge of industry data security legislations and cyber security law
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues related to networking, performance and resource availability.
  • Proven experience working with cyber security tools such PAM, EDR, CASB, SIEM, DLP, Email filtering security and Vulnerability management.
  • Proven experience working with cloud providers, particularly Microsoft Azure.
  • Strong understanding of Azure services such Azure VMs, Entra ID, Azure App services and Azure components such VNets, NSGs, ALBs.
  • Experience in deploying and managing cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC) using CI/CD pipelines and automation using tools such Terraform and Gitlab.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security best practises.
  • Good skills in scripting languages (Python, PowerShell etc)
  • Excellent and up-to-date knowledge of IT infrastructure (hardware, databases, operating systems, networking devices etc) and cyber security controls around them
  • Professional cyber security advanced qualification(s) such as GCFE, GREM, GNFA, GCFA, GCIH

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE:

  • Experience working in a Security Engineering team within the financial sector
  • Knowledge of payment systems and basic accounting within the Banking and Financial Services sectors
  • Excellent Understanding of Cybersecurity frameworks such NIST and CIS

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

Please note, we are not offering  VISA sponsorship for this position. 

ABOUT US

For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:
https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:
https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:
Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group

 

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The Company

At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.

We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down. 

We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.

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