Cloud Security Control Lead (Senior Manager)
Overview
The Cyber Controls Chapter Area plays an important function within the Group Security division, responsible for designing and deploying effective cyber control capabilities and overseeing continuous improvement of the Group's cyber risk profile.
As an organisation with a large IT estate servicing millions of customers every day, we need to ensure effective mitigations are in place to defend our assets against an ever-evolving cyber threat environment. The Control Lead Cloud Security is tasked with ensuring control capabilities are in place to identify security weaknesses and mitigate cyber threats to cloud-based asset classes (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, containers) across the Group.
Working arrangements
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done, with at least half your time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.
Responsibilities
* Supporting Technology Crew Leads, Product Owners and Enterprise Architects in setting the control capability roadmap for cloud security, overseeing control operation, and delivery of control remediation to achieve target risk outcomes.
* Establishing and maintaining cloud security standards and guidelines to align with changes in industry standards, technology strategy and threat intelligence.
* Governing the Group's compliance with Cloud Security control requirements and supporting the business in tracking remediation of critical security weaknesses and improvement of overall risk posture.
* Carrying out control effectiveness assessments, identifying control weaknesses and driving appropriate risk remediation across business-owned cloud-based assets.
* Establishing automated control performance monitoring capabilities to support cloud security assurance over business-aligned technology services.
What you will bring
* Embody the leadership principle of 'Curious and Humble' by being willing to speak up and challenge the status quo, and continually expand their skills and knowledge.
* Expertise in cloud governance.
* Knowledgeable about cyber threats and vulnerabilities relevant to cloud-based technologies.
* Ability to analyse threat intelligence, identify potential risks, prioritise vulnerabilities, and recommend appropriate mitigations (Identity & Access Management, Cryptography, Secure Configuration, Data Security, Vulnerability Management, CIEM, CNAPP, CSPM, SSPM).
* Experience working with cloud security enterprise solutions and implementing security tools in large and complex IT environments.
* Ability to operate effectively in an agile environment with autonomy and self-initiate to achieve target outcomes.
* Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders to build rapport, obtain buy-in and achieve target outcomes.
Desirable technical skills
* Understanding of hybrid and cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) and how security controls apply to them.
* Applied knowledge of ASD ISM, NIST CSF, CIS and ACSC Essential Eight cyber mitigation strategies.
* Proficiency in SSPM, CSPM, CNAPP, CIEM.
* Experience with vulnerability prioritisation frameworks (e.g., CVSS, EPSS).
* Understanding of web application vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top Ten).
* Security certifications: AWS/Azure security; CISSP, CISM.
Advertising End Date: 03/09/2025
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