Security Architect in London

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together. Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

• Clients Come First - Always
• Execution Supersedes Intention
• Together We Win
• Diversity Improves Results
• Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity: Janus Henderson Investors’ Information Security team strives to be on the cutting edge of technology and on top of the latest threats. As an Information Security Architect your contribution is invaluable to the team. You will be key to ensuring our business partners follow our best practices, while designing and helping implement cutting edge cloud security solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary liaison with Information Security, the Infrastructure Cloud team, and the business.
• Collaborate with security engineers performing detailed analysis in line with our current security standards.
• Work closely with key stakeholders and technical teams in building essential relationships with strong communications across the organization while ensuring our business adheres to the security standards.
• Document existing security architecture and relevant tools.
• Advise and support cloud security initiatives.
• Plan, research, and design security architecture for new and existing Cloud systems.
• Represent and contribute to Architectural Governance Community of Practice.
• Participate in the security solutions design and implementation for the information security team.
• Provide hands-on direction to develop efficient and scalable solutions that align with the company's business objectives.
• Advise on mitigation for potential risks and ensure that designs comply with relevant laws, regulations, and standards through considering governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Ensure consistent administration of information security policies, standards, procedures, and controls to effectively improve security posture.
• Assist developers and systems administrators in designing and evaluating secure solutions.
• Undertake heightened threat modelling when required.

What to expect when you join our firm:

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations.
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass.
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community.
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more.
• All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services.
• Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app.
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities.
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen.

Must have skills:

• 3+ years of information security experience.
• 5+ years of general IT infrastructure knowledge (servers, OS, networking, etc).
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture experience.
• Experience working with various IT Teams and non-IT teams of various disciplines.
• The ability to assimilate complex technical challenges and provide appropriate security advice that delivers the right business outcomes.
• Practical experience reviewing engineering designs and enhancing security solutions against company standards.

Nice to have skills:

• Any information security related certifications.
• 5+ years in IT Solution Architecting.
• Experience working in Financial Industries.
• Willing to supervise if needed.

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you!

We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know.