Senior Cyber Security Manager - #1706198

JOB TITLE: Senior Cyber Security Manager

SALARY: £70,929 - £80,000 per annum

LOCATION: Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Edinburgh office.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY…

This is your chance to bring your skills to the forefront and make a real difference in shaping the future of payments, making them easier, faster and safer for our customers. It's vital that we operate proactive Cyber Security service across the Payment Services Platform application landscape - identifying and pursuing opportunities for continuous improvement across our diverse platform.

The Senior Cyber Security Manager is an interlock role in a niche team, working across teams to ensure the right interventions are being put in place, at the right pace and at the right time. This role is to lead a team of cyber security specialists based in Edinburgh. We're looking for someone who has a broad understanding of payments, cyber security and engineering, with the personal attributes and business skills to harness the expertise of these three areas.

ABOUT US…

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED…

• Substantial technical cyber security knowledge in a large and complex enterprise organisation.
• Previous experience in software development or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience of assessing Cloud security configuration against best practice.
• Experience of DevSecOps and securing containers, microservices, serverless computing.
• Experience of articulating cyber risks and leading the remediation or mitigation of cyber risks.
• Strong diagnostic skills and ability to analyse technical information from various sources.
• Have the tenacity and persistence to lead work that requires to collaborate with technical colleagues from multiple teams and different labs - identifying and leading the resolution of cyber vulnerabilities swiftly by pulling together the relevant experts effectively.
• A proven track record of managing multiple competing priorities to tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to build trusted relationships and be able to present complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences and hold strong team ethos that encourages diversity.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD ANY…

• Experience of conducting control testing, technical reviews or audits to understand cyber compliance needs aligned to technical and regulatory standards.
• Experience of cyber risk management, security frameworks (NIST, ISO27001) cyber compliance, assurance, and attestation work.
• Exposure to facilitating penetration testing, security risk assessments, driving the remediation of cyber vulnerabilities and remediating or mitigating cyber risks.
• Experience of security testing services e.g., penetration testing, ZAP testing, Burp Suite, Attack & Breach simulation, or similar.
• Knowledge of emerging threats e.g. Quantum, AI and Digital Ledger
• Financial Services Regulation and Payments Scheme compliance experience.
• Any creative experience of delivering training or upskilling colleagues through use of engaging videos and infographics.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US…

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

WE ALSO OFFER A WIDE-RANGING BENEFITS PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES...

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!