• Job Description

  Req#: R-00219813

  Join us as a Security Specialist

  • Take on a new challenge and use your specialist knowledge to support the wider organisation in building and operating secure services that protect both colleagues and customers
  • You’ll act as a subject matter expert in a security related field, making sure that the security implications of the backlog are understood in the right way, building security early into design
  • You’ll be joining an exciting and fast-paced area of the bank, where you can expect great exposure both for you and your work

  What you'll do

  As a Security Specialist, you’ll work at a domain level to understand and ensure robust security is continuously considered and incorporated at every stage, programme increment and feature team delivery throughout the development lifecycle and through to support.

  You’ll collaborate with feature teams and participate in story refinement, sprint planning and retrospective sessions, establishing a culture of innovation and strategic thinking that makes sure that the bank has knowledge of, and opportunities to exploit, the latest developments in your area of specialism.

  You’ll also be:

  • Supporting with the identification of risks, while contributing to risk management strategies to achieve business objectives and customer outcomes
  • Understanding and implementing Agile methodologies and actively contributing to finding opportunities to build security early into design
  • Making sure that decisions made are based on robust data, return on investment and value measures that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent cost management
  • Actively contributing to your centre of excellence (CoE) specialism by cross sharing learnings and best practice with CoE and community of practice colleagues
  • Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank and third parties to ensure decisions made are commercially focused and create long term value for the organisation

  The skills you'll need

  To be successful in this role, you’ll need knowledge of one or more security subject areas and experience of setting risk appetites. You’ll also demonstrate experience of, or a willingness to learn risk management frameworks.

  Additionally, you’ll need:

  • A good understanding of Agile methodologies
  • Previous experience in the threat intelligence field with a focus on cyber, physical or geopolitical threats
  • The ability to communicate clearly and concisely, translating technical issues into business terms
  • The ability to analyze information from multiple sources and draw a effective conclusions with security recommendations
  • Strong written and presentation skills with a focus on attention to detail

  Hours

  35

  Job Posting Closing Date:

  05/10/2023

• About the company

  NatWest Group plc, is a majority state-owned British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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