Job Specifications
Job Title: Security Operations Team Lead
Location: Leeds or Manchester
Salary: Up to £75,000
Workplace Type: Hybrid (3 days a week in the office)
Employment Type: Full-Time
WHO WE ARE:
We are interactive investor (ii), the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, here to help our customers take control of their financial future.
For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for customer pensions, ISAs and investments. Other providers charge a percentage fee, which means the amount a customer pays increases as their investments grow. Our flat fee stays the same, so ii customers keep more of their money. Additionally, we provide an industry-leading selection of investments and a team generating up-to-date expert insight. This choice and intelligence can help our customers invest in the way that's right for them.
interactive investor has been helping investors for 25 years. Over the years, we have seen market highs and lows, and been resilient throughout. We are proud to have over £45 billion of assets under administration, over 500,000 customers, and to be rated ‘Excellent' on Trustpilot.
PURPOSE OF ROLE:
We are recruiting for a Security Operations Team Lead to join the Information Security team to support our continued growth. You will lead the SecOp's team and help maintain and protect our key business assets from threats and risks by monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to security incidents.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the internal ii Security Operations Team (SecOps) in day-to-day activities overseeing the management, strategy, and direction of our SIEM solution, EDR solutions and security incident management
Monitor the security landscape, collate reports, evaluate trends and threats against our security posture, and coordinate remediation where required
Management of our external Security Operations Centre (SOC) and oversight of our SIEM solution
Responsible for the security incident process owning incident response, investigations, and lessons learnt
Analyse security systems / reports to identify trends and drive secure behaviours throughout the business
Lead on a threat intelligence, detection, and response programme of work
Lead the SecOps team on proactively identifying, Investigating, and hunting potential attacks and security risks on networks and systems using various platform dashboards and threat feeds
Lead the team on analysis of security events as detected by security controls
Management of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) - overall ownership and maintenance of agents, creation of exception rules, and reacting to alerts
Play a lead role in coordinating and directing team efforts during incidents and ensuring prompt escalation
Requirements
5 + years in a cyber security role.
Degree in IT / Cyber preferred or industry recognised qualification
5+ years Knowledge and use of SIEM tooling i.e. Google Chronicle etc.
Ability to lead a SecOp's team and follow a defined strategy
A deep understanding of technical and network security requirements
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Ability to proactively identify control weakness and vulnerabilities
Ability to decipher different types of malware and a knowledge of how to deal with it
Knowledge and use of SIEM tooling i.e. Google Chronicle
Experience in using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework to understand adversary actions and resulting mitigation techniques
Excellent attention to detail
Ability to remain calm under pressure and clearly communicate to all levels of management
Experience in understanding Firewalls and IDS/IPS and Windows Security Event Logs
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy to comprehend business terms
Ability to quickly understand existing infrastructure, network security principles, data flow and security architectures
Knowledge of the fundamentals of cloud infrastructure as well as traditional technologies.
Benefits
Group Personal Pension Plan - 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance - Provided by Bupa
25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
Staff Discounts on our investment products
Personal & Well-being Fund - Supporting your physical and mental wellness
Retail Discounts - Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
Voluntary Flexible Benefits - Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle
Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful.
interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fa
About the Company
We are interactive investor (ii), the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform. For a simple, monthly fee, we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. This comes with an industry-leading selection of investments and a team generating up-to-date expert insight. ii has been helping customers for over 25 years. We have assets under administration approaching PS55 billion and more than 400,000 customers. We are based in Manchester and, with offices in Leeds and London, employ more than 500 people. ii is...
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