VP - Security Engineer

Global financial services firm seeks a Senior Security Engineer (VP grade) to be part of their secure by design transformation programme.

This is a rare opportunity to work on a highly visible project to define and set up the baseline standards (based on CIS benchmarking) for security-by-design, and to leverage these to deliver the goal of hardening devices across both on-premise and cloud environments. You will collaborate with IT Security teams, global IT departments, and external partners to strengthen the firms security posture, ensure compliance, and mitigate cyber risks.

The successful candidate will have a security engineering background with a strong understanding of security controls and hardening standards such as CIS benchmarks and NSA/CISA config baselines. You will need a deep technical understanding of the underlying technologies in order to be able to challenge senior IT stakeholders effectively. The successful candidate will bring knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems, AWS, Cisco networking tools and enterprise security frameworks.

The role would suit a VP-level candidate from an end user (any sector) or a consultancy firm.

This opportunity is offered as hybrid (2 days a week) in central London with a base salary of up to £110-115,000 plus good bonus potential and benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with cutting-edge security technologies in a global organization with strong career growth opportunities.

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