Cyber Security Engineering Lead

In Team Digital, we’re planning for a future where the technology solutions we co-create and design enable us to achieve our goal of protecting our greatest natural resource and allowing our customers, communities and the environment to thrive.
Our vision is to create an everyday digital experience for the people we serve - our customers - by putting them at the heart of everything we do. As part of our award-winning team, you’ll help the business become an intelligent, connected organisation to deliver our digital transformation and turnaround.

As the Cyber Security Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for implementing, and maintaining Cyber Security solutions, controls and processes across the organisation. You will own the Security Engineering service and manage a team of engineers to deliver enhancements and new capabilities to the business.

What you’ll be doing as a Cyber Security Engineering Lead

• Accountable for the leadership and management of a team of Cyber Engineers, at both a day-to-day operational and tactical solutions level.
• Responsible for the design and delivery of a secure asset build and system hardening capability, ensuring that it continuously provides strong compliance monitoring for our end-user computing and server estate.
• To maintain security infrastructure such as Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Protection systems. [network and host-based]
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and develop cyber security engineering strategies and controls that align with organisational goals.
• In charge of developing and maintaining all cyber security engineering documentation, policies, and procedures across all domains.
• Ensure that over the long term, controls and processes are established such that technical debt tracks down and is managed within acceptable risk tolerances.

Base Location – Hybrid – Clear Water Court Reading.
Working Pattern – 36 hours.

What you should bring to the role
We want to bring together a team of brilliant tech minds with game-changing ideas. We’re looking for people who will help us re-imagine the way we work and the way we get things done:

• A truly digital mindset. Open to collaboration. Open to risk. Open to new ways of doing things.
• Obsessed with data. Obsessed with excellence.
• People who think and behave differently to the way we do. People who don’t want to just be another cog in the machine.
• Extent experience within Security Engineering process and control design, implementation and management.
• An understanding of how different operating systems work and security approaches for different technology stacks.
• Hands-on experience and proficiency in configuring cloud platforms, i.e. Azure, AWS, Google Cloud.
• Exposure to securing large deployments of servers and endpoints in complex infrastructure landscapes.
• Hands-on experience with Privileged access management tools such as CyberArk, Firewalls, Active Directory and Microsoft Azure, Sentinel & Defender.

Desirable:

• Preferred previous experience within the water utility industry or large, complex infrastructure-based enterprises.
• security engineering-specific training and/or certification.
• A Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

What’s in it for you?
It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Team Digital, the best people to tell you why, are the people in our team. Take a look at the video below to find out what they think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHTW3Vj4j2U&list=PL37gUk7p48rqLEm-KEkgKuyDpLYsW5LH9&index=16

• Competitive salary up to £88,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance - £5800 per annum.
• Annual Bonus – On target 15% stretch - 30%
• Private Medical Health Care
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.