The Director of Cybersecurity Operations will lead the UK security operations team, manage the cybersecurity incident response capabilities, and enhance cybersecurity controls. This role also includes overseeing the Vulnerability Management program and providing training for Security Operations personnel, ensuring a robust cyber resilience posture for the organization.
About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.
Job information:
- Functional title - Director, Information Cyber Security (SOC)
- Department - IT Security
- Corporate level - Director
- Report to - Executive Director, Information Cyber Security
- Location - London, Canary Wharf. Onsite 2 days per week.
What you will be doing:
- The regional lead for our Cybersecurity Operations team will lead, develop, and align the UK security operations team in line with the global SecOps function, evolving cyber threat landscape, and the risks posed to delivering our FX settlement services to the market.
- Lead the Firm’s Cyber Incident Response capabilities and guide the development/ enhancement of all applicable cybersecurity controls during hours where region has primacy.
- Lead the Firm’s Information Security Incident Response program when region has primacy and contribute to the development/ enhancement of applicable data loss prevention (DLP) and User and Entity Behavior Analytic (UEBA) rules and policies.
- Accountable for the Firm’s Purple Team program integrating offensive cyber activities with cyber control enhancements to improve our overall security posture.
- Support the organization’s Vulnerability Management program, ensuring vulnerabilities are managed within standards to improve our cyber resilience posture.
- Responsible for training and certification of CLS Security Operations personnel and supporting consultants.
- Provide regional oversight and leadership to activities that enable a 24/7 follow the sun operations model.
Leadership:
- Leads by Example: Demonstrates the technical and professional skills expected across the global team through personal action.
- Accountable and effective communicator: Clearly takes charge of the duties outlined above and communicates well with stakeholders so teams can operate in unison where required.
- Innovator and Change Agent: Always striving to find ways to automate existing processes, streamline and simplify complexity, and incorporate new ideas and capabilities to enhance our security posture and make the team stronger and better.
- Decisive: provides clear direction during cyber incident response to the Security Operations team and all associated stakeholders.
- Identify risks: Able to synthesize capability gaps and articulate them so the Firm can manage risk in alignment with its risk management strategy.
- Manages ambiguity: operating effectively and decisively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is unclear.
- Collaborates: building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Influence: proven success navigating and operating effectively in a matrix organization.
- Customer focus: building strong partnerships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Committed to professional development with a personal appetite to grow and contribute further to the organization over time.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, intelligence or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
- 8+ years’ experience in cybersecurity / SOC positions, ideally within other entities within the CLS ecosystem of financial institutions, central banks, regulators and other FMIs.
- 4+ years in cybersecurity/ SOC leadership positions.
- Comprehensive hands-on experience with SIEM/ SOAR platforms, cloud security principles, endpoint security tools, malware analysis and digital forensics and incident response.
- CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or CEH are highly desirable.
- A proven technologist with strong technical and cyber understanding, appreciation of modern systems architecture and associated security requirements.
- Detailed understanding of managing and providing oversight of critical vendors and the services they deliver.
- Exemplary reputation as a respected and trusted executive leader in cybersecurity
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Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
Top Skills
Cyber Security
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