Cyber Security Engineering Manager

Job description

Cyber Security Engineering Manager

Location: London or Bristol

Salary: London Circa £100K, Bristol: Circa £90K

This is a great job for someone who...

Loves solving complex cyber security challenges and influencing how security is delivered across a large organisation.

You might already be leading a cyber security engineering, security operations, or cyber defence team and be looking for an opportunity to shape strategy, reduce risk and develop people while working across a modern technology estate.

Working across the heritage Direct Line business within Aviva, you'll help strengthen cyber security capabilities, reduce risk and support the delivery of secure technology transformation.

You'll work closely with teams across Cyber Defence, Technology and Risk, using threat, operational and security insights to prioritise improvements and ensure our controls remain effective against evolving threats.

This is an opportunity to shape security outcomes, influence senior stakeholders and make a meaningful impact across a large, regulated organisation.

A bit about the job:

You'll join heritage Direct Lines Cyber Defence Team and play a key role in helping keep our customers, colleagues and business protected from evolving cyber threats.

Reporting to the Head of Cyber Defence, you'll lead our Security Engineering Maintain team and make sure the security controls that protect Aviva remain effective, resilient and aligned to risk.

Working alongside colleagues across Cyber Defence and Technology, you'll help prioritise security improvements, drive operational excellence and strengthen our cyber security capability.

You'll use threat, vulnerability and operational data to make informed decisions that reduce risk and improve security outcomes across the organisation.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Experience leading cyber security, security engineering or cyber operations teams within a complex organisation

• Strong understanding of security controls, risk management and frameworks such as NIST, with the ability to prioritise workloads and make risk-based decisions

• Experience managing or supporting security technologies including EDR, PAM and SIEM platforms, alongside a good understanding of firewall and web application firewall (WAF) technologies

• Knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud environments and experience working within regulated industries such as Financial Services

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience using KPIs, KRIs and operational metrics to drive performance and continuous improvement

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary: London Circa £100K , Bristol: Circa £90K depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity of 12% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefitto help you get expert support when you need it

• Make your money go further - Up to 40%discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through ourMatching Share Planand share in the success of Aviva with ourSave As You Earnscheme

• Brilliantlysupportive policiesincluding parental and carer's leave

• Flexible benefitsto suit you, includingsustainability optionssuch as cycle to work

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3paid volunteering days to help others

• We take yourwellbeingseriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

• We'reinclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if youdon't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

• We flex locations,hoursand working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of theirtime in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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