Security Operations Specialist in London

About The Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August 2025). It offers financial advice, investment platforms, multi‐asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management through two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

The Affluent segment encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors. The High Net Worth segment includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot's presence extends throughout the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in extraordinary expertise, trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers. We are actively modernising to become more customer‐centric and invite bold ideas—if you want to challenge and evolve what we do, it's the perfect time to join us!

About The Role

Level: 4

Department: Information Security Operations

Location: Southampton, London, Home Based

Contract type: Permanent

The Security Operations Specialist will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing Quilter's security posture. The role supports the detection, triage, and response to security threats across the organisation's infrastructure, cloud, and endpoint environments. The successful candidate will form part of the existing Security Operations function, and core responsibilities will rotate. You will work closely with internal teams and external MSSPs to ensure timely and effective incident handling, vulnerability management, data loss prevention, and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Threat Detection & Incident Response
  • Monitor and triage security alerts from SIEM platforms and related security tools.
  • Lead containment, eradication, and recovery efforts in line with Quilter's Security Incident Response Framework and related playbooks and runbooks.
  • Collaborate with the SOC partner to ensure streamlined incident response and case‐management maturity objectives are met.
  • Create, maintain and improve triage playbooks and runbooks for relevant incident response scenarios.
• Vulnerability & Risk Management
  • Support the Vulnerability Management Specialist with scanning and remediation efforts using Qualys and MS Azure compliance tooling.
  • Drive continuous improvement of security control gaps and maturity initiatives identified within the business.
  • Ensure the ongoing assessment of newly disclosed threats related to Quilter, the financial industry and related technology stacks are performed efficiently and effectively in cooperation with the Cyber Threat team.
• Tooling & Platform Operations
  • Operate and maintain security tooling including CrowdStrike, Proofpoint and the Microsoft Defender Suite.
  • Support the Detection Engineer with ongoing tuning and refinement of the SIEM platform.
• Insider Risk / Data Loss Prevention
  • Ensure the ongoing triage and monitoring of key data egress detection and prevention technologies deployed within the business.
  • Support the creation and tuning of data loss detection and prevention policies.
• Reporting & Governance
  • Contribute to governance reporting and metrics for security operations activities.
  • Maintain evidence and documentation in line with internal audit and compliance requirements.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
  • Participate in cyber exercises, both technical and tabletop‐oriented, with the aim of improving incident readiness and team capabilities.
  • Engage with infrastructure, application, and internal business stakeholders to align security operations with business needs.

About You

Required Skills & Experience

• Solid exposure in a Security Operations or SOC role, including prior technical IT experience.
• Proven track record leading and managing major security incidents, including senior stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with SIEM platforms such as Google SecOps and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Familiarity with EDR, DLP, and email hygiene tools.
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, threat modelling, and popular incident detection frameworks.
• Excellent knowledge of cloud security principles and underlying architecture (Azure, AWS).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Core understanding of regulated business operational frameworks.

Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, CPIA or similar.

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

• Do the right thing – We act with integrity and are committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and communities.
• Always curious – We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs.
• Embrace challenge – We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes.
• Stronger together – We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, building trust and ownership.

Core Benefits

• Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
• Quilter Incentive Scheme – all employees eligible to participate in incentive scheme, incentivising business performance and contribution.
• Pension Scheme – a non‐contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
• Private Medical Insurance – single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include partner or children.
• Life Assurance – 4× your salary.
• Income Protection – 75 % of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.
• Healthcare Cash Plan – Jersey employees only.
• In addition to our core benefits we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.