Information Security Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title Information Security Specialist

Location London

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

You will join the Divisional Chief Information Security Office (CISO) team. This role will be crucial in shaping and maintaining our control landscape to mitigate information security risks and threats. You will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of security frameworks, excellent stakeholder management capabilities, and a proven ability to deliver complex projects.

This Information Security Specialist role is integral to the Investment Bank’s Information Security strategy, focusing on controls, frameworks, and processes designed to mitigate risks and address emerging threats. The role’s responsibilities involve close collaboration with stakeholders to design, implement, and improve our control environment, ensuring it effectively protects the Bank’s information assets. This includes assessing residual risk, providing data-driven insights on control effectiveness, and driving key initiatives to enhance the security posture of the Investment Bank.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Conduct and participate in comprehensive assessments of information security controls, frameworks, and processes, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, regulatory standards, and compliance requirements
• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of security controls and frameworks to strengthen the Bank’s security posture
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure security controls are fit-for-purpose, effectively implemented, and formally ratified
• Provide advisory services on the execution of control lifecycles and facilitate continuous process improvements
• Assist in the development, evaluation, and maintenance of information security policies and procedures to uphold best practices and regulatory compliance
• Conduct risk and control assessments to evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of security controls

Your skills and experience

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking abilities together with the capacity to manage both conceptual and complex technical challenges
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate security concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• Experience in risk assessment, gap analysis, and the implementation of information security controls
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft SharePoint Online, and Teams as collaboration and documentation tools
• Strong project management capabilities with a demonstrated ability to analyse problems and implement effective solutions
• Certifications such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent would be preferred

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (for example, screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.