Senior IT Security Technician

Senior IT Security Technician

Founded in 1861, Royal London is the largest mutual life and pensions company in the UK with Group funds under management of £73.5 billion. Group businesses serve around 5.5 million customers and employ 3,160 people (figures quoted are as at 30 September 2013). We offer a range of pensions, protection and investment products which are distributed principally through intermediaries but will also launch a direct to consumer business during 2014.

Our vision is to become the UK’s leading customer-owned financial services organisation. The specialist businesses that make up the Royal London Group are clearly positioned within their markets and our goal is to provide innovative solutions that match the needs of distribution partners and customers.

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a Senior IT Security Technician to join our IT security team based in Wilmslow. You will play a key role in implementing the security improvement programme across Royal London.

Your primary responsibility will be to maintain the current user administration, security infrastructure and policies whilst initiating improvements through the research and implementation of industry specific technologies and standards. As an expert in the security field you will be responsible for implementations and the ongoing operation of new security tools, in addition to managing the day-to-day operation of systems and security applications. You will also take ownership of developing the systems security awareness within the group, by reviewing and analysing security reports to drive investigations and improvements.

We are looking for a security technician with a broad experience of security, who possesses relevant security qualifications such as ISC2/CISM/ISEB (or equivalent) and working knowledge of security tools such as Sourcefire, Splunk and Nessus.

Key Responsibilities:

IPS and SIEM, deployment, operation and development
Websense Administration (Data loss prevention/Email/Web Proxy)
Reviewing and analysing security reports, from multiple tools
Understand IT and Information security techniques and methodologies
Producing technical documentation for internal reference
Reviews security techniques and technologies regularly to remain aware or best practice
Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures
Ensure the operation of technical systems is consistent with policies and procedures
Contribute to the development of SLA’s in agreement with supervisor and businessKey Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Security Qualifications preferred e.g. ISEB / CISSP / CISM / ISC2 or equivalent
Previous experience of working within a regulated environment in the financial services industry
Full understanding of the project life-cycle and process/procedure design
Knowledge and hands-on experience of tools such as Sourcefire, Splunk, and Nessus
Experience in IPS, Remote Access Controls and Network Security
practices within a financial service provider
Experience with audit event collection and reporting toolsets