Lead Security Engineer (REMOTE) in Bexhill-on-Sea

We're a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Over the past few years, we've made significant investments in our data and tech capabilities, particularly within our CIO function. Our CIO team is at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring our technology infrastructure supports our ambitious goals. We've nurtured our 4Cs culture, fostering collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement. The CIO team plays a crucial role in this journey, working on cutting-edge projects that enhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement.

Guide and coach teams on good security engineering practices and process improvements, helping to build capability and maturity across the organisation. Provide leadership and line management to Security Engineers, including performance management, coaching, mentoring and supporting career development. Support the team in delivering outcomes efficiently by reducing manual execution and driving automation wherever possible. Drive engagement and collaboration across Scrum Teams and the CIO community, leading the definition and adoption of best practices to enable faster, secure and more reliable delivery. Manage team priorities, resource allocation and capacity planning to ensure successful delivery of security initiatives and business objectives.

Skills we would love you to have:

• Proven line management experience within a Cyber Security, Information Security or Technology function.
• Extensive practical experience in IT Security working in an agile environment.
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and people management skills, with a track record of developing high-performing technical teams and supporting direct reports in their ongoing development.
• Experience conducting performance reviews, setting objectives and supporting career progression for technical professionals.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing and securing cloud environments, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure services.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud security best practices, network security, identity and access management, encryption and secure coding principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyse complex security issues and develop effective solutions.
• Track record of successfully designing, building and deploying scalable, secure and highly available security infrastructures using Azure.
• Strong proficiency in leveraging data and advanced analytics to drive decision-making and continuously enhance security solutions.
• Proficient knowledge of at least one agile methodology (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance requirements (e.g. GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST) and experience implementing security controls to meet those requirements.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps methodologies and tools, enabling the seamless integration of security into the development process.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Defender security assessment tools, vulnerability scanning tools and SIEM platforms.
• In-depth understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem, including hands-on experience with Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, Proxies, M365, EDR and KQL.
• Expertise in utilising Azure DevOps to drive efficient and collaborative development processes, including the development of security solutions and updates in code.

We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company, and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need.

Reward:

• Salary – Attractive salary based on experience + car allowance (pay reviews also completed each year).
• Flexible Working – We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach.
• Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Physical Wellbeing – Hastings pays for you to receive private medical Insurance (PMI).
• Financial Wellbeing – Life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%.
• Mental Wellbeing programme – A range of support to help you keep yourself well.
• There's more! – 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your contracted weeks.

Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we'll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.

Leicester Type: Full time