Information Security Engineer

• To design, implement, maintain, and continually improve security controls and technologies across MIB's environment in partnership with relevant technology teams. The role is responsible for delivering effective, practical security engineering outcomes that reduce risk, strengthen resilience, and support compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements. The postholder will identify control gaps, support secure technical change, and contribute engineering expertise to the design, integration, and operation of security solutions., * Design, implement, configure, and maintain security controls and technologies across MIB's environment to reduce risk and improve resilience.
• Support the integration of security tooling into infrastructure, cloud platforms, end-user computing, and business services in partnership with relevant technology teams.
• Identify security control gaps, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities through review, monitoring, testing, and analysis, and support remediation activity.
• Contribute to the maintenance of security standards, technical procedures, and supporting documentation to ensure controls remain effective, supportable, and aligned to internal and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor the effectiveness of implemented controls and support the investigation, containment, and technical remediation of security issues in conjunction with SecOps and other relevant teams.
• Support the ongoing operation, tuning, and optimisation of security technologies to improve detection, protection, and response outcomes.
• Provide practical security engineering input to technical change, system implementations, and service improvements to ensure security requirements are addressed during delivery.
• Contribute to change and design review activity where needed, helping ensure solutions meet security standards without taking ownership of broader governance or architectural authority.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in a security engineering, security operations, or infrastructure security role.
• Hands-on experience implementing, configuring, supporting, and improving security controls and technologies in enterprise environments.
• Good understanding of core security domains such as endpoint protection, identity and access management, vulnerability management, logging and monitoring, email security, and network security.
• Experience supporting secure technical change, troubleshooting security issues, and working with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to remediate control gaps.
• Working knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and OWASP, and the ability to apply them in a practical delivery context.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience working with Microsoft cloud and security technologies, including Azure and related security capabilities.
• Experience with security tooling such as SIEM, EDR, web security, email security, vulnerability management, and related operational platforms.
• Relevant security or vendor certifications, such as CISSP, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, or equivalent.
• Experience working in regulated environments and supporting compliance-driven security improvements.

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee assistance programme
• Company pension
• Enhanced paternity leave, £320 (before tax) start up allowance Hybrid working (2 days in the office per week)

Other Benefits include: Contributory Group Stakeholder Personal pension scheme Life Assurance Employee Incentive Scheme 27 days holiday (plus public holidays) Holiday purchase scheme Sports and Social Club 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme Free access to online tools to support mental and physical health Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave 1 volunteer day each year and charity matched funding scheme

We believe in a workplace where everyone can be themselves. Through our different ideas, personalities and experiences, we redefine what is possible every day. And regardless of your colour, age, race, gender, sexual orientation or anything else you consider yourself to be, there is a place for you at MIB. A place where you can bring your best self to work every day.

So, if you think big, love a challenge and want to make a difference to people's lives, we want to hear from you.

We aim to keep this advert open until the closing date, but on occasion we may close it early if application numbers are high

At MIB our people are passionate about making roads safer by getting uninsured and hit-and-run drivers off our roads. Working in partnership with the Police, Insurers and Government our collective aim is to make it a thing of the past but, until that's accomplished, we're here to compensate victims quickly, fairly and compassionately. Last year we helped more than 34,000 people struck by uninsured and hit-and-run drivers and paid over £400 million in compensation to support victims rebuild their lives.