Platform Security Engineer

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So, who are we?
Hello, we’re IG Group, an FTSE 250 Fintech that provides cutting-edge mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade Stocks & Shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We’re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We’re hungry to move faster, ship better products for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser-focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

Your team 

The Platform Security team is responsible for supporting, maintaining, automating, and improving our IT Security platforms. You will ensure IG’s security platforms are reliable and effective and will proactively develop improved automation and integration among our systems. 

Your role in the Team’s Success

The Platform Security Engineer role is responsible for supporting, maintaining, automating, and improving our IT Security platforms. You will perform a wide and growing variety of technical tasks within the Platform Security team. Your role will be to ensure the smooth and effective operation of a growing set of security products and solutions. Beyond maintenance, you will be the go-to person for the security tooling, offering guidance and consultation for developers and engineers, to ensure a best practice, “security-by-design” culture within the business. 

What you’ll do 

• Perform necessary upgrades and troubleshoot issues with all security tools, especially the Vault and Wiz platforms, as well as AWS native security tooling.

• Maintain and improve the growing variety of scripts and utilities used to perform many regular tasks within Gitlab to support our tools. 

• Assist the SOC team and Platform Engineering teams with any questions or challenges they have with our toolset. 

• Act as an SME for scripting and systems programming, delivering new scripts and utilities to meet the needs of the security team. 

• Drive improved integration between our various tools to enable new capabilities or solve existing problems. 

• Enable the transition of our existing tools and configuration to a CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code model. 

How we work

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office – which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other.

When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

Champion the client: Understand and prioritise the client's needs

Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;

Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback.

We believe that diversity is vital to success; it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We’re committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey.

Learn more about our D&I approach here.

What you’ll need

A strong understanding of technical IT concepts is required, including the majority of the following: 

• Terraform & Scripting languages (Python/Go)

• Public Cloud (Ideally AWS)

• Vault / Hashicorp Stack

• Containers (Nomad/Kubernetes) & Virtualisation

• Networking & DNS

• Gitlab / GitHub

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The Perks

Your growth fuels our success!

Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

• Competitive salary

• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)

• Private medical cover for you and your family

• Life insurance

• Contribution to gym memberships

• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total

• The option to buy or sell holiday days.

• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform

• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process

• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture

• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund

• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents

Learn more about the Perks here!
 

Join us for this exciting journey.

Apply now!

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