Senior IT Security Director

Full-time | Hybrid | Berkshire | £140,000 - £160,000 + Bonus & Excellent Benefits Package |

Date posted: 1 month ago
Date closing: 7 April, 2025

A great opportunity for a highly experienced Senior IT Security Director to join a successful fast-growing and dynamic global Insurtech organisation employing circa 1,500 employees. 

Hydras is working exclusively on this challenging yet rewarding role to ensure a high level of IT Security is maintained within the business. The role requires the ability to be hands-on whilst managing and expanding a global workforce of Technical Security professionals, implementing an IT security strategy and roadmap that keeps the company secure

Key Experience:

• Leading security programs and teams in a fast-growing SME or large corporate. 
• Strong familiarity with cloud technologies, coding practices and reviews
• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, automation, containerisation, DevSecOps and virtualisation,
• Strong knowledge of threats (endpoint security, phishing attacks, etc.) 
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g. SOX, NIST, ISO 27001) 
• High-level responsibility for global IT security of on-prem, cloud applications and servers 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess current IT security strategy and roadmap.
• Suggest and implement improvements
• Utilise technical skills, remain hands-on and lead from the front
• Expand a global team of specialist IT Security professionals
• Work very closely with IAM, DevOps, IT Admin and Development

If you are an enthusiastic Senior IT Security professional looking to make a significant impact in an exciting Director level role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply if you possess the relevant skills and experience.