Vp of IT Security - Reading, United Kingdom - Profectus Recruitment

Profectus Recruitment

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Profectus Recruitment are recruiting for a VP of IT Security on a permanent basis.

This opportunity is working for a scaling Fintech organisation who have just opened up brand new offices in Reading, where you will work from their brand-new office space2-3 days a week.

The company currently have over 1000 employees and are now focused on growing their UK function taking the business from strength to the strength.

Currently in the UK so far, they have hired Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers, TechnicalBA's, Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, Devops Engineers and Security Engineers.

Principal level hires also are required to manage some of the team and this is to be expected also with the VP of IT Security role given it is a Principal level hire.

At present the company have 25 security engineers in their team.

Day-to-day;

Create and implement IT security vision, strategy and roadmap that keeps the business secure and competitive.
Manage and grow a global team of roughly 25 security engineers, researchers and analysts.
Achieve and maintain level 4 in security and maturity model.

Responsibilities;

Manage and lead a security team
Implement security best practices across the organisation and product
Oversee the management of the company's cloud infrastructure
Implement automation and containerization to ensure a secure and efficient environment
Conduct penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities and implement solutions
Conduct code reviews to ensure all code is secure
Work closely with other teams including IT administration, AIM, disaster recovery, Devops, Winops and engineering to ensure that IT security becomes part of the DNA of everything the company does
Manage relationships and communicate daily with Clevel and stakeholders
Be handson at times to provide technical support to the team
Overcommunicate the need for security at every opportunity

Qualifications;

10+ years managing security teams
Strong communication and leadership skills
Exposure to compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS)
Exposure to Penetration Testing