Information Security Specialist

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom AJ Bell Full time

**Job Description**:
To support the Chief Information Security Officer in managing and reporting the Information Security Risks faced by Technology Services (TS) in delivering AJ Bell’s systems and services. This role is responsible for facilitating the secure delivery of AJ Bell’s technology and business change. The Information Security Specialist will play a lead role in designing and implementing security controls and processes. Key to this is assisting and supporting our colleagues in achieving their goals, but in a secure manner.

**The key responsibilities of the role are**:

- Subject matter expertise for security best practice, ensuring the maintenance of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AJ Bell’s systems and data.
- Design and implementation of enterprise security technology controls and platforms, following industry best practices.
- Supporting and advising on projects and change initiatives to ensure that there is no negative impact on our security posture
- Carrying out internal security reviews both on solutions we develop in house and third-party solutions.
- Supporting audit and due diligence activities within Technology Services
- Working with Information Security, Infrastructure and Architecture to define security standards.
- Acts as an integration point between the CISO and AJ Bell business and technology teams to ensure security is embedded across the organisation

**Essential experience, knowledge and skills**:

- Demonstrable experience of implementing enterprise security platforms
- Previous experience of delivering and maintaining of technical enterprise security solutions for (but not limited to) the following areas: End Point Protection, Cloud Security, Network Security, DevOps, Security Monitoring & Remediation is advantageous.
- Knowledge of Secure Software Development Life Cycle best practices
- Strong understanding and knowledge of Information Security risk management tools and techniques
- Experience of security governance and compliance, ideally gained in financial services organisations
- Demonstrable understanding of Information Security control standards and frameworks e.g. ISO27001, NIST, PCI DSS
- Awareness and understanding of the Information Security threat landscape
- Deep understanding of Information Security solutions and controls
- Experience of Cloud security solutions and standards is highly advantageous

Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent communicator, able to translate complex topics to all areas of the business
- Significant experience in the area of Information security
- Strong knowledge of core IT and networking concepts
- Well versed in IT security capabilities, framework and concepts
- Strong ownership of tasks, attention to detail and following through to conclusion
- Ability to challenge approach, strategy and implementation to ensure Information Security is consistently considered and improved
- Ability to work under own initiative to plan and communicate effectively with colleagues and customers
- Structured, self-starting, flexible and enjoy working in fast-paced environments
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to plan, organise and follow through on assigned tasks and complete with little or no prompting from management
- Excellent attention to detail
- Attained CISSP or similar certification
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an Information Security role gained in a financial services or e-commerce environment is preferred

**About Us**:
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 449,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £71.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1100 employees and have been named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for five consecutive years.

There are opportunities for growth and professional development for employees wanting to progress within their career including induction training and our study support scheme which is part of our benefits package.

There is an active programme of social events throughout the year, which are open to all employees.

**What we offer**:

- Competitive starting salary
- Generous holiday allowance increasing up to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays
- Company Health cash plan
- Holiday buy/sell scheme
- Hybrid working policy
- Casual dress code
- Discretionary bonus
- Contributory pension scheme
- Dedicated

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