The Vacancy

Job Title: Principle Cyber Intelligence Specialist

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Chatham/London

Working Pattern: Hybrid—typically a couple of days a week in the office. Part-time or flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.

What We Offer:

Holidays: 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service)
Pension: We know it is important to save for the future, that is why we will contribute up to 10%
Maternity/Paternity: We realise that family time is important, we offer enhanced maternity (after successful completion of probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave
Volunteering: 2 paid days to ‘give back’ to the charity of your choice
Development: Learning for all
Finance: Snoop Premium available to all colleagues
Medical: Opportunity to opt in for Private Medical Insurance
Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus

Job Description:

As a Principle Information Security Specialist you will be responsible for ensuring Group assets are secured appropriately based on their importance to the Group.

You will enhance the Groups security posture and ensure all people, processes and technology operate in a secure manner by working collaboratively with internal colleagues and external providers and providing security consultancy and design expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

Information Security:

To provide expert advice and guidance on how to minimise the impact to the Groups of potential threats to the network or assets.
To liaise with potential or current partners and suppliers to the Groups and evaluate the information security levels of the company or products.
As required provide leadership, mentoring and guidance to the Service Desk and Infrastructure engineers in the event of a Security alert.
As required support and investigate the vulnerability of the Groups to potential malicious attacks and recommend defensive actions.

Policy, Standard, Procedures and Guidelines:

To provide SME knowledge to ensure that information security policies are implemented, enforced, monitored and complied with and to ensure the Group embraces a culture of Information Security.
To develop and review Information Security Standards and Guidelines within the Groups in line with Policies and Industry best practises.
To develop and ensure security procedures are approved that provide the more detailed steps that service areas need to adhere to in order to implement that Information Security policies.
To provide SME knowledge and leadership support to the Security GRC team to deliver.

Risk Management:

To work collaboratively with the Infrastructure Solution Architects, Information Security pillars and IT GRC Team to provide advice and guidance on all Information Security Risks with regards to areas such as infrastructure, changes to processes or software implementations.
To expertly critique the high-level and low-level designs within projects. Working on all such projects taking ownership of delivering Information Security throughout their lifecycle to ensure the Groups meets compliance and regulatory requirements.
To take ownership ensure that regular risk assessments are completed in departments and the results are recorded and reported to the correct senior leaders and forums.
To provide expert guidance in taking timely action resulting from any risk assessment recommendations. This may involve liaison with other departments, partners or suppliers. Monitor and escalate any issues of non-compliance to the Information Security Leadership.

Keep abreast of data security trends:

Be aware of current and possible future trends in information security and take into account current Groups procedures, to define and develop procedures and policies for appropriate and secure use of the Group’s IT systems.
Adherence to standards, including NIST and Information Technology, PCI-DSS and Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

What will make you stand out?

Be able to build working relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, gaining their respect and trust based on your knowledge and professionalism.
Experience of working in a large company and/or Enterprise environment – with understanding of multiple stakeholders and how to manage change.
An understanding of cloud technology (preferably Azure)
Excellent communication and presentation skills are paramount, alongside workload delegate management.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity standards and frameworks e.g. ISO27001, NIST, CIS, OWASP, SOC2
Information security frameworks
Experience with Security technologies

Why Join Us:

Flexible Working Hours: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements.
Career Development: We provide opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth, including mentorship programs and training sessions.
Inclusive Culture: We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion initiatives ensure that all voices are heard and valued.

Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references.

Who We Are:

At Vanquis, we have a simple purpose: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities. Established in 1880, we’re now a FTSE All Share company and leading specialist bank. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to over 1.75 million UK customers.

We take care of our colleagues as well as our customers, working hard to create a rewarding and supportive work environment. That means competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group-wide recognition scheme. Everyone can enrol in our pension and after six months, you can join our ‘Buy as You Earn’ scheme.

We’re about more than financial rewards though. We give everyone a voice in the business and room to be their authentic self. And we know you’re here to build your career, so we help every colleague with training and development opportunities. Making sure there’s always something new to learn.

Vanquis Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us at careers@vanquis.com

What We Offer

We don't just care about your work, we care about your health, wellbeing and life outside your working hours. That’s why we offer we offer flexibility, empathy, and a wide range of resources to help you navigate life’s ups and downs and feel your best. We encourage you to take ownership of your work-life blend, support others and make time to prioritise your wellbeing, our benefits include:

Holidays: 25 days of annual leave (rising to 30 with service), and tailor your time off by buying or selling up to 5 extra days. Plus, with our flexible bank holiday policy, you can swap up to 4 days to celebrate what matters most to you—whether that’s skipping Easter or switching up your Christmas plans.
Pension: We’ll boost your future with up to 10% employer contributions—because your tomorrow matters.
Enhanced Leave: Enhanced maternity (post-probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave to paid neonatal and carers leave – we’ve got your back when it matters most.
Workations: Why not take your laptop somewhere sunny? Work abroad for up to 20 days a year in approved countries. Yes, really.
Paid Birthday Leave: Your birthday, your rules—take the day off and celebrate in style!
Volunteering: 2 paid days a year to volunteer for a cause close to your heart.
Learning & Development: Access to Learning for all colleagues – because your growth matters.
Financial Wellbeing: Stay on top of your finances with a free Snoop Premium subscription.
Healthcare: Take care of your wellbeing with our easy self-pay Denplan scheme for dental care and feel confident knowing you can also choose Private Medical Insurance for extra reassurance when it matters most.

The Benefits

Competitive base salary and rewards

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday entitlement

one day accrued for each year of service (max 30 days)

Defined contribution pension scheme

Discretionary bonus scheme

Perks at Work

A perks platform of over 30,000 unique discounts

Volunteering

2 paid days to support a charity of your choice

Flexible, hybrid, & dynamic working policies

Personal & career development opportunities

Monthly and Quarterly Colleague Socials

Discounted gym membership

BUPA GP Service

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