Agile Security & Compliance Analyst

BMW Group; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is seeking an Agile Security & Compliance Analyst to ensure security standards and compliance within their applications. This role involves analyzing security requirements, implementing solutions for cyber security, and managing compliance activities across various applications. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree, demonstrated experience in IT, and skills in security management, especially in a DevOps environment. The position supports a hybrid working model, offering flexibility in work hours.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
• Demonstrable experience within IT and preferably within Automotive or Financial Services.
• Proven leadership and teamwork skills with multitasking abilities.
• Experience in a technical analysis role, especially with Java and .Net.
• Experience in projects in a DevOps environment is necessary.
• Experience in security management and auditing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of DevOps with initiatives to ensure successful project delivery.
• Analyze security requirements and compliance across applications.
• Manage compliance, security, risk, and audit activities.
• Implement solutions to fulfill cyber security requirements.
• Validate security and compliance of vendors/suppliers.
• Ensure high quality of work while adhering to BMW Group policies.

Skills

Security and Compliance standards knowledge

Leadership and teamwork

IT technical analysis

Experience in DevOps environments

Security management

Cloud platform experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Azure

CrowdStrike

CyberArk

Palo Alto Firewall Suite

Job description

Agile Security & Compliance Analyst

BMW Group Financial Services’ IT Shared Services team are looking for an Agile Security and Compliance Analyst. This role is based at the Summit ONE Campus in Farnborough.

This role is responsible for undertaking a variety of initiatives to support Head of DevOps and their management teams in delivering technical and non-technical requirements including formulating and defining the initiative scope and objectives, undertaking complex research and analysis to define solutions through to implementing and coordinating changes to ensure operational and project activities are successfully delivered in line with BMW Group standards, budget and timescales.

What awaits you?

• Understand Security and Compliance standards for IT Applications within BMW Group, including training to become the senior subject matter expert.
• Analyse security requirements and fulfillment level across the relevant markets covering the full range of applications and systems
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the application landscape to ensure correct measures are taken relevant to the application.
• Plan, co-ordinate and undertake tasks to complete compliance, security, IT-ICS, risk and audit activities.
• Design and implement solutions to fulfill cyber security requirements related to BMW Group IT Security Policy as well as local legislative expectations, including Threat Assessments, arranging AST and PenTest across all applications.
• Manage vulnerabilities and expedite implementation of remediation measures.
• Validating security and compliance of our vendors/suppliers (for example, IT-SIA, DPA, TISAX etc.)
• Supporting tenders (DevOps and/or Development) for IT security and compliance elements.
• Update and maintain YPA’s and Product Depot including interface specifications and operations manuals.
• Provide maintenance on IT platforms such as ConnectIT including provision of technical architecture diagrams, interfaces and additional attributes required by the BMW Group.
• Plan and perform technical projects as necessary, such as Cloud and VDI migrations, application technical upgrades (SOPRA, Windows).
• Ensure inclusion of non-functional testing. This includes smoke, capacity and load testing, working with DevOps Engineers on selected applications to help to devise and undertake tasks.
• Support the delivery of specific tasks on projects to deliver the project portfolio as directed by the manager (Head of DevOps or Agile Delivery and Operations Manager).
• Ensure work is high quality and undertaken efficiently and effectively, whilst adhering to BMW Group policies and frameworks including AWM quality standards and gateways.

What should you bring along?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstratable experience within IT and preferably within Automotive / Financial Services.
• Proven leadership, teamwork and multi-tasking skills with the ability to drive and motivate yourself and other people.
• Demonstratable experience in an IT technical analysis role including knowledge of apps developed in Java, .Net
• Demonstratable experience in projects in a DevOps environment (AWM), including both Development and IT Operations
• Demonstratable experience in security management, security auditing or similar, including training on the job.
• Knowledge on and experience in applications development, as well as exposure to cloud (AWS, Azure).
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing IT security controls including firewalls, SIEM platforms, Network Access Control (NAC), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), DLP, IPS/IDS, encryption, authentication, tokenization, XDR/EDR tools, and desktop virtualization security (e.g., CrowdStrike, CyberArk, Palo Alto Firewall Suite, MS Defender).

Closing Date: Friday 12th December 2025

At BMW Group, we are committed to offering our employees the right balance between work and personal life.We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and for most roles, it could be possible to agree flexible hours, job share, compressed hours or part-time working hours and so please discuss your individual requirements as part of the application process so we can try to agree a suitable arrangement. For this role, we also support a hybrid model which combines remote and office working. #LI-Hybrid

In 2025 BMW Group Financial Services UK was recognised as a Top Employer. We invest in our employees and embrace a culture of flexible working as well as promoting a positive, supportive culture and working environment. We are based in prestigious offices in Farnborough that provide a great place to work with good people and an exciting, engaging, industry leading brand.

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At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants.