Senior Cyber Security Engineer

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

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Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data. 

As we progress on this journey, we need to evolve how we protect our customers, employees, and shareholders for today and the future. You will play a critical role in developing and implementing a world class information security programme to protect WPP Group from cyber threats. This is an essential role, supporting WPP IT to deliver its purpose to design, build, run and transform all current and future IT services which underpin the One WPP strategy. 

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer primary purpose will be to Lead and oversee the maintenance and development of key security technologies that provide protective, detective, and analytical capabilities across RMG’s technology estate. 

You will provide senior Information security technical SME expertise to ensure successful delivery and information security project workstreams into the BAU Cyber Security Operations function. 

The role holder will mentor and manage a team of Cyber Security Engineers. 

What you'll be doing:

• Working under the direction and guidance of the Cyber Security Systems & Engineering Lead and following the Security Engineering strategy, maintain and develop key security technologies within the RMG estate to ensure that the Cyber Security Operations team have optimized, accurate access to the required toolsets and information. 
• Work in collaboration with IT, Cyber Security and Group teams (such as Risk & Compliance & CSO) to designand deliver aligned technical solutions,
• Ensure accurate, pragmatic and timely technical Cyber Security advice & guidance is provided.
• Develop and deliver Cyber Security artefacts including technical documentation, process\procedure , requirements, patterns and standards. Support and contribute to the delivery of a wider ISMS.
• Working closely with the Cyber Security Systems & Engineering Lead, Security Architects and Technology Operations Teams to ensure the correct operation, and optimal configuration of supporting security technologies.
• Lead technical teams to enable and develop appropriate levels of protection and logging from new and existing security technologies, maximizing their value to the Cyber Security Operations team.
• Deliver and present appropriate KPI, KRI and other requisite reporting to the Security Engineering lead and Head of Cyber Security Operations.
• Act as an SME for projects and initiatives relevant to the role. 
• Work closely with RMG technology teams, providing guidance and direction to ensure the correct placement, maintenance and support of security technologies relevant to the role. Build professional relationships to ensure cooperation between stakeholders and Cyber Security Operations. 
• Lead and direct third-party suppliers to ensure that delivery, maintenance and support of security technologies is provided effectively and within project timescales and service level agreements. 

What you'll need:

• Strong hands on technical background in cyber / information security. 
• Knowledge of securing network technologies, client, and server operating systems, security data, information, and intelligence. 
• Stakeholder management. 
• Able to take a pragmatic approach to Cyber Security by understanding and clearly articulating the risks. 
• Experience of performing risk identification activities. 
• Experience of providing Security Engineer expertise to Enterprise-wide Cyber Security Change programmes. 
• 5 years plus in a similar role within a large, complex and technologically diverse organisation. 
• Experience of deploying, maintaining and configuring a wide range of security technologies with a large and complex environment 
• Must have in depth technical knowledge of security technologies including but not limited to: SIEM solutions ; DLP Solutions ; Firewall Solutions; Cloud Security Centres ; TCP-IP Networking; Internet Technologies ; Cyber Threat Intelligence solutions 

Who you are:

You’re open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You’re optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You’re extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we deliver extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, driven people – We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?