Senior Security Engineer

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups. Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Copenhagen, Miami, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world.

The role reports into the Security Engineering Lead and will be responsible for delivering security solutions from the Security Engineering team. This role sits in a team as part of the evolution of the operating model and is instrumental in modernising the ways of working. This role requires a hands-on deliverer with a Security Engineering background and proven exceptional skillset. The role has responsibility for delivering the Security Engineering vision and roadmaps that support and advance the company's Cyber objectives. It also involves collaborating with Information Security, and other cross-functional teams such as (DevSecOps) Engineering, Product Management, Architecture, Service Management, and Quality & Technical Assurance within a matrix IT organisation.

Job Description

• Deliver the Security Engineering strategy and long-term vision for Cyber Security, ensuring it protects and enables the company's broader business goals.
• Design and implementation of security controls, procedures, and best practices across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Identify risks associated with new tools, processes and ways of working and establish procedures to mitigate those risks.
• Take a senior role in responding to security incidents, performing in-depth analysis, and driving resolutions to minimise impact and prevent recurrence.
• Identify and implement opportunities for security automation, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our security operations.
• Work cross-functionally with architecture, service management, engineering, and product teams to provide expert security consultation and ensure compliance with security policies.
• Being an active member of the Security Engineering team.

Leadership and Strategy

• Demonstrates a high level of self-awareness through a commitment to continuous, personal improvement and learning.
• Demonstrates high personal resilience and ability to adapt to change.
• Coaches and mentors people.
• Able to think creatively and innovatively.
• Understanding of the way the business works and displays knowledge of the external marketplace, to drive the business forward.
• Striving to build key relationships and showing ownership of targets; focusing on results.
• Delivers the security engineering strategy in alignment with the company's Cyber objectives.
• Maintain a culture of Security Engineering excellence in the company.
• Bring a Security first mindset, adapting to changing circumstances whilst adhering to quality standards.

Technical Delivery Management

• Ensure work is completed to the highest security standards.

Technical Oversight

• Provide security engineering guidance and support to all CTG and Cyber teams.
• Ensure the adoption of a security first mindset, and the latest technologies.
• Ensure standardisation, simplification and effectiveness across the technology value chain.
• Monitor and review vendor performance against agreed KPIs and metrics.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure successful outcomes.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with security.
• Implement robust processes and controls to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Performance Monitoring

• Continuously seek opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills and Competencies

• Embraces an inclusive environment that values individual difference to leverage diversity.
• Relevant industry experience in security engineering roles, with previous experience in a senior security engineering position.
• Problem-Solving – Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Can work comfortably in a highly collaborative setting.
• Can work comfortably with business management, has a positive can-do attitude, open and welcoming to change.
• Have exceptional engineering skills.
• Can quickly form meaningful connections inspiring trust and confidence in others.
• Detail and quality oriented, with a customer focus, an exceptionally keen eye for detail and highly organised.
• Able to manage priorities and meet deadlines, demonstrating an ability to remain calm under stress and in times of uncertainty.

Why Chaucer

An established market leading Insurer, where over the past 5 years, the Chaucer Group has seen significant and successful growth. In 2019, we wrote $1.4bn of Gross Written Premium, closed 2023 with $2.7bn, and are on track to write well over $3bn in 2024. This is an exciting time for Chaucer; we have the people, the platforms, the expertise and the relationships to continue our recent success. We will remain focused on the areas where we can provide the most expertise and value to our brokers and clients. We have no appetite to change this, whilst the market is steadily moving back to 4/1 working days, we are continuing to operate on a much more flexible hybrid basis with Heads of teams working closely with employees to strike a balance of what works best in their area. Our approach has been immensely popular and a successful way of working for the business and all employees at Chaucer.

Chaucer is committed to diversity, actively values difference and respects people regardless of the protected characteristics which are outlined in the Equality Act 2010 (UK legislation) as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive 2006 (EU legislation). A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace are core to our success as a business and integral to our winning strategy and culture. We recruit from the widest available pool of talent, and our hiring, assessment and selection process is fair, free from bias and one which ensures we select the right person for the job, based on merit. We are committed to promoting a culture that actively values difference, and recognises that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect throughout their employment. We are open to considering flexible working arrangements for all roles and encourage you to outline your needs during the interview process.