Cyber Security Engineer
Glasgow, Scotland; United Kingdom
City/Region Glasgow, Scotland; United Kingdom
Job ID 094169
Category Technology Operations
Contract type Permanent Full Time
Applications Close 27 Feb 2025 (11.55pm GMT)
Business Unit: Chief Operating office
Salary range: £40,000 - £60,000 - per annum, dependent on experience.
Location: Hybrid - With occasional and Infrequent travel required to Glasgow.
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time
Live up to your potential. Live a life more Virgin.
Our Team
We’re at our best when we have something to drive us forward, a belief that underlines who we are and what we do. Our Purpose:. We want to make people happier about money – and that idea starts with every single one of us here at Virgin Money. Feeling Insatiably Curious about your next adventure? You might have just found it.
The Security Engineering team is part of Technical Operations and Cyber Security within Virgin Money and we maintain the Bank’s Security tools & applications. Our aim of Security Engineering is to cultivate unwavering trust in our products and services by engineering resilient security solutions that protect our users and customers from evolving threats. We strive to be the invisible shield, working tirelessly to ensure their data and digital experiences remain safe, secure, and uninterrupted. By joining our team, you will become a vital part of this mission, contributing your unique skills and perspectives to building a safer digital future.
What you’ll be doing
- Proactively use security engineering tools to identify and mitigate network & security risks based on an in-depth understanding of network protocols and
vulnerabilities. - Develop and implement security measures using specialised tools based on Cyber security best practices. Working alongside project teams and other
- stakeholders to ensure solutions meet the strategic needs of Virgin Money.
- Helping to design, roll out and manage on-going Cyber & Network Security technologies.
- Support and build network segmentation capabilities, including deciding on the granularities of segmentation from a threat-led perspective (e.g., application level,
- environment level, network level, network policies, mapping attack paths, and building mitigations).
- Contribute significantly to team culture and the ongoing evolution of security engineering practices.
- Implement automation to remove repetitive manual tasks.
We need you to have
- Hands-on exposure and knowledge of Cyber & network security, e.g. management of firewalls, IDS, Web Gateways etc.
- Familiarity with deploying Infrastructure as Code and using CI/CD technologies, such as Azure DevOps.
- Hands-on experience working with cloud networking (with a focus on security). For example, working with virtual networks, network security groups, virtual
- firewalling,
- Web Application Firewalls, and cloud networking security monitoring.
- Previous experience working with security best practices – e.g. Zero trust, defence in depth, least privilege, security hardening.
- Experience in applying zero-trust principles to secure large-scale IT infrastructures, demonstrated by successful deployments within a corporate setting.
It’s a bonus if you have but not essential
- Experience as a Cyber Security Engineer, Cyber Security Analyst, or a Network Engineer with an interest in becoming a Cyber Security Engineer.
- Experience with Terraform, Python, Javascript/Node.js, PowerShell or Bash
- Knowledge of infrastructure and application monitoring, such as Icinga or Elastic Stack.
- Network Security certifications (especially Cloud centric) would be advantageous.
- Proven ability to design and deploy zero-trust security solutions, including identity and access management, micro segmentation, and continuous authentication, in
- complex organisational structures would be an advantage.
And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.
Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com
Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Success profile
As well as being a bit tech-obsessed, you’ll be adaptable, able to work with agility and enjoy collaborating with your teammates. Here are our top candidate traits.
Culture at Virgin Money
We’re an inclusive, innovative, collaborative bunch with big ideas and even bigger aspirations. We have fun, show up for one another and grow strong together.
Our colleagues are celebrated for being fully themselves, and we ensure accountability and equity are prioritised in every role. We encourage everyone to use their voices to pitch in, be an ally and make Virgin Money the fun and inclusive environment it is. We also believe in rewarding our colleagues – we offer an enviable benefits package and sprinkle in little thank-you bonuses along the way.
Interested in joining us but not sure you’ve hit every requirement on the checklist? Don’t worry. Experience is important, but it isn’t everything – potential can be just as valuable. If you’re enthusiastic, curious and hungry to learn, you could be exactly the person we need. Tell us your story, and let’s discover what your next chapter could hold.
This is my third role in Digital Engineering since I joined. The culture enables you to work in an area where you can contribute the most. It's a testament to the opportunities and encouragement available.
Technology Consultant – Digital Engineering
Influential
For us, living a life more Virgin means living well. We focus on people, not policies. Flexibility and fairness are at the core of our wellbeing initiatives, allowing our colleagues to tailor their benefits to suit them from day one. Centred around four pillars – Mind, Body, Social Connection and Finance – our initiatives include mental and physical health support, financial and medical aid, social activities, flexible working, gender-neutral family leave, wellbeing apps, discounted gym membership, counselling, information services, and so much more. People work best when they’re happy and healthy, and we like our people to be both.
Big, bold benefits
A life at Virgin Money is a rewarding one. With wellbeing and flexibility at its core, our benefits offering can be tailored to make your life a little easier. Enjoy a flexible holiday package, health plans, parental leave and everything in between from the day you join us.
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The adventures continue after your career. Invest in your future with our generous pension scheme.
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Your health and wellbeing are important to us. Our health assessments and insurance plans help you maintain yours.
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We've got you covered with our income protection and life assurance plans.
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Live life to the fullest with 30 days of leave, 8.5 bank holidays, 5 pro-rated wellbeing days.
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