Infrastructure Security Lead

Company Description

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

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. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Job Description

We're looking for an Infrastructure Security Lead to join us in either London or Hove!

You'll play a crucial role in safeguarding the business through providing assurance of security capabilities related to infrastructure security - including firewalls, remote access, network intrusion (WAF, IDF/IPS) and network access control (NAC).

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the day-to-day Security Product assurance processes operated by the team and third-party providers in the areas of:

  • Network security (firewall management, remote access, web filtering, NAC, network intrusion detection & WAF)
  • Secure build management - reviewing configurations for and existing systems and infrastructure, owning the development of secure build standards and collaborating with stakeholders
  • Managing day-to-day team workflow including service requests, approvals, incidents, associated Service Level Agreements and configuration reviews
• Providing oversight and constructively challenging effectively when security events arise, and risks are raised, to help ensure risks are remediated effectively
• Overseeing vendors responsible for configuration and management of infrastructure security capabilities including endpoint protection, and ensuring they meet Service Level Agreements
• Tracking and reporting on risk metrics and remediation activity for network security, information protection and helping ensure that senior stakeholders within Group IT and business divisions are aware of key vulnerabilities and risks within the organisation
• Providing an escalation point for infrastructure security events and coordinating with the security operations team and incident management personnel to ensure that any incidents are managed in a timely and effective manner
• Leading conversations and collaborating across the business on current and new technologies which can help the organisation be a harder cyber target

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Prior experience relevant to this role covering Firewall assurance, network security and email security preferably using relevant security frameworks and tooling
• An awareness of new and emerging threats with an ability to build in security configuration and assurance around this knowledge
• A good understanding of networks and network protocols and the risk posed by related security vulnerabilities or poor configuration
• Experience or familiarity with security and security applications in Microsoft Cloud and endpoint security applications would be great
• Certifications and/or accreditations relevant to this position such as relating to firewalls, web filtering, e-mail and web security etc) would be a a huge plus!

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.