Senior Security Engineer

Job reference number 119647 Senior Security Engineer Full time Permanent Royal Mail Farringdon We have an exciting new role for a Senior Security Engineer based up in our Farringdon office. Senior Security Engineer – Cyber Security Job Purpose RMG Cyber Security Operations primary functions are to protect information assets and detect, analyse and respond to security information and events. In support of these objectives, RMG Cyber Security Operations are looking to augment their existing team through the addition of a Senior Security Engineer whose primary functions will be to: Lead and oversee the maintenance and development of key security technologies that provide protective, detective, and analytical capabilities across RMG’s technology estate. Provide senior Information security technical SME expertise to ensure successful delivery and information security project workstreams into the BAU Cyber Security Operations function. Key Accountabilities Cyber Security Operations. Working under the direction and guidance of the Head of Security Engineering and following the Security Engineering strategy, maintain and develop key security technologies within the RMG estate to ensure that the Cyber Security Operations team have optimized, accurate access to the required toolsets and information. Technology. Working closely with Head of Security Engineering, security architects and technology operations teams to ensure the correct operation, and optimal configuration of supporting security technologies. Value. Lead technical teams to enable and develop appropriate levels of protection and logging from new and existing security technologies, maximizing their value to the Cyber Security Operations team. Reporting . Deliver and present appropriate KPI, KRI and other requisite reporting to the Heads of Security Engineering and Cyber Security Operations and act as an SME for projects and initiatives relevant to the role. Stakeholder Management. Work closely with RMG technology teams, providing guidance and direction to ensure the correct placement, maintenance and support of security technologies relevant to the role. Build professional relationships to ensure cooperation between stakeholders and Cyber Security Operations. Supplier Management. Lead and direct third-party suppliers to ensure that delivery, maintenance and support of security technologies is provided effectively and within project timescales and service level agreements. Key dimensions Influencing Skills and judgement . Strong leadership, influencing and negotiating skills to build trust\confidence, and using judgement to make risk based recommendations and decisions within parameters. Analytical Skills . Excellent analytical skills and the ability to see the big picture and apply the relevant detail to it. Ability to cut through the noise and provide clear and appropriate recommendations and direction at pace and under stress. Communications Skills . Demonstrable strong ability to clearly represent the implication of threats to the business in both verbal, written, and presentational form and to make recommendations contributing to, or solely providing senior leadership decisions. Articulate a clear ability to innovate and tailor messages and delivery methods for different audiences. Calmness under pressure . A cool head required to think clearly under pressure and to make good timely decisions whilst keeping in pace with the emerging picture as it applies to RMG’s business risk appetite and context. Must be able to inspire confidence at the most senior levels of the firm, demonstrating control during chaotic events. Key competencies: Strong experience in a similar role within a large, complex and technologically diverse organisation. Experience of deploying, maintaining and configuring a wide range of security technologies with a large and complex environment Must have in depth technical knowledge of security technologies including but not limited to: SIEM solutions DLP Solutions Firewall Solutions Cloud Security Centres Firewalls IPS CTI solutions Vulnerability Scanners Qualifications Computer Science or Cyber Security Degree or Equivalent is desired. Technical and professional qualifications relevant to security technologies. About Royal Mail: The Royal Mail Technology team is passionate about delivering high-quality products and outstanding digital experiences to our customers. Technology is instrumental in helping us achieve our objective to be recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe With a workforce of almost 160,000, our core network handles c.14 billion letters and c.1.8 billion parcels a year, delivering to c. 30 million addresses, 6 days a week. Our technology therefore needs to operate at scale. As a data driven business, with the largest PDA estate in the country, our systems need to handle more than 60m scan events and 1.4bn data points per day. Royal Mail is committed to building an internal development and testing capability, driving digital innovation across the business enabling our business to transform at pace. You will be working for a brand that’s a household name and a critical part of the UK’s infrastructure. Our technology vision is to “Enable, Digitise, Realise”: Enable - Create environments where open conversations are the norm and where teams work alongside each other to complement skills. Digitise - Utilise Technology to support the business. Making Technology thinking integral to the business. Increase the level of automation and implement connected systems. Realise - Invest in technology and keep taking all opportunities to consolidate systems. Focus on removing complexity within our systems and enable our cost base to decrease. We are fully embracing Agile and DevOps, and using tools such as Alexa, Azure and Google Cloud, Chatbot, Microsoft .NET Core, Angular and mobile apps. Our priorities include: Our postmen/women use 80,000 Android mobile devices and we are continuing to roll out new Apps all the time to help them to deliver a first class customer service.International business is one of our fastest growing areas - our IT systems