Head of Information Security required by North Starr's global fintech solutions provider in a greenfield role. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the organisation's information security policy and framework and support the implementation of ISO270001 certifications whilst taking a lead role in leading the company's information security posture. You will be leading a small team of security engineers, and will be the figurehead of the information security function both internally and externally

Key tasks will involve:

• Implementation and certification of ISO27001/other relevant certifications
• Devise strategies and implement IT solutions to minimise the risk of cyber-attacks
• Conduct a continuous assessment of current IT security practices and systems and identify areas for improvement
• Holding management reviews.
• Liaise and collaborate with key stakeholders in relation to IT security threats
• Keep abreast with the latest regulations and compliance requirements
• Champion and educate the organisation on the latest security strategies and technologies
• Delivering information security awareness programmes to staff
• Deliver new security technology approaches and implement next generation solutions
• Maintain up to date knowledge and an awareness of security trends, keeping abreast of new risks, through self-education and attendance to industry seminars, to ensure ongoing security risk analysis and the implementation of technical systems and procedures to minimise risk
• Liaise with clients and potential clients to confidently articulate and demonstrate our security capabilities
• Managing third party suppliers for the provision of technical security implementations and service level reviews

Knowledge and experience needed

• You will be expected to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment with a growing workload, and have a high enough skill set to solve problems and find solutions with minimal hand holding
• Experience working with "Big Data" processing including environment and deployment models, ingest data pipelines, security, and infrastructure
• Extensive proven IT security experience in a regulated sector
• You will be an existing participant and regular attendee of technical/security industry events
• Change management and business process experience
• Proven track record of driving change programmes

• Excellent knowledge of general security risks, at both technical and business level
• Technical understanding, of Firewalls, Routers, VPNs, Penetration Testing, Server Hardening, User Access Rights.
• Knowledge of all layers of security; Perimeter, Network, Application, Data, Operations, Policies, Monitoring and Response.

Qualifications needed

• CISM/CISA/CISSP/Security+/etc
• Bachelor's degree (BSc) in an I.T. or similar discipline, or equivalent level of experience is desirable

Please send your CV ASAP for this urgent vacancy.