Information Security Consultant

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

What you’ll be doing:

• Security Design – Ensuring projects consider security in the design by setting security needs and requirements to ensure alignment to L&G Security Policies and Standards, participating in Technology or Supplier selection as a security SME and applying threat and initial risk assessment approaches to select appropriate controls.
• Security Assessment – Reviewing the design of in-flight or existing services to conduct risk assessments, identifying and articulating security gaps against L&G Security Policies and Standards.
• Security Advice and Guidance – Acting as a source of expert Information Security advice, both to projects and in an ad-hoc manner, working closely with key stakeholders and business leaders to ensure security issues are understood.
• Security Advocacy – Representing the Group Finance Security team to senior business stakeholders.
• Security Representation – Representing the Group Finance IT team in interactions with the wider L&G Group and Security Improvement project.
• Security Maturity – Actively working to improve the Group Finance IT Security Maturity and Capability.

Qualifications

• You’ll have broad knowledge of a variety of Information Security areas such as Access Control security, transportation security, secure architecture principles, cryptography and operational controls.
• Knowledge of threat modelling, control frameworks and risk assessment techniques are also key.
• It would be great if you have worked in a regulated environment.
• Experience of security design in projects.
• Risk assessment and control experience.
• Appropriate security qualifications and memberships would be a huge plus!

Benefits

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes.
• Generous pension contribution.
• Life assurance.
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only).
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service.
• Competitive family leave.
• Participate in our electric car scheme.
• Discounts on our own products and at a range of high street stores and online.

At L&G, we believe it’s possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences.