Security Specialist (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Security Specialist (Cybersecurity): Shaping and maintaining the security capability and technology landscape for a major banking group with an accent on simplifying, consolidating, and modernising the technology environment. Focus on crafting and implementing security technologies, performing technical product assessments, and influencing stakeholders on technology direction.

Location: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site in Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, or Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Salary: £70,929 - £78,810

Company

hirify.global is transforming its operations to build the future of finance and protect customers from security threats.

What you will do

• Shape and maintain a deep understanding of the security capability and technology landscape.
• Craft and implement security technologies.
• Perform technical product assessments to ensure tooling meets its purpose.
• Work with product owners, engineering leads, enterprise architects, and senior customers.
• Use industry frameworks, standards, and policies to develop opportunities and value for customers.
• Interact with customers and vendors to identify technology improvements, consolidation, and simplification opportunities.

Requirements

• Passion for acquiring insights and applying them to build customer and business value.
• Security experience spanning multi-disciplinary product, feature, or platform teams across at least two security domains.
• Hands-on implementation and operational expertise in IT, Cloud, and/or Cyber technologies.
• Demonstrable ability to compare technologies and provide analysis to identify best-fit capabilities.
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to use data to explain complex concepts.
• Ability to distil sophisticated information into clear, succinct written and oral presentations.
• Working pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site.

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a Security Build or Consultancy role.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to being a leading UK business for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Offers a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
• Provides reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities.
• Guarantees interviews for Disability Confident Scheme applicants who meet minimum criteria.
• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance, and share schemes.
• 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.