Business Unit:  Technology Operations & Cyber Security
Salary range: £40,800 - £60,000
Location:  UK Remote – expectation to attend strategic team meetings at least one per quarter
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time 

Live up to your potential. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

Working in Cyber Security is a big deal as we play a key role in keeping Virgin Money safe. We’re on an exciting journey with a big vision as we grow our team to enhance our security and cyber controls. 

We’re a diverse bunch who love what we do and ensure we have fun along the way.  We’re seeking curious, technical geniuses who love to ask ‘what if?’ and are ready to help drive our operations forwards, working in a crucial role with responsibility for delivery of the Bank’s data loss prevention and data protection security controls across on premise and cloud infrastructure.  You will get the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, developing, implementing and operationalising the Bank’s data protection strategy.

What you’ll be doing

• Design and implementation of data protection and insider threat policies to help protect the Bank’s data
• Roadmap development and integration planning to improve our control landscape
• Communicating and collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to ensure the Bank’s data protection requirements and expectations are articulated and understood
• Feed into the Bank’s strategic direction for Data Protection and Insider Threat, including identification and development of suitable tools to support
• With your curious mindset, you’ll identify and risk assess any gaps in current security posture, determining the appropriate response
• Act as lead resource on projects to improve our security controls
• Design of control changes, including working directly with Detect & Respond areas to handover monitoring and alerting requirements

We need you to have

• Experience of Data Loss Prevention and Insider Threat solutions, with the ability to operate as an SME and provide support to develop existing team members
• Expert knowledge of data loss prevention and insider threat processes and tools
• Expert knowledge and experience of the Microsoft Purview suite
• Ability to lead complex technical improvements and innovations, taking ownership and responsibility for team deliverables.
• Proven strong analytical, problem solving and technical IT system skills
• Expertise in effective communication and resolving complex situations.
• Drive to manage your own deliverables and development.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Industry related security qualification (e.g. CISSP, CISM) or equivalent practical security experience

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.