Senior Security Engineer I

Nextens; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking an Information Security professional to manage security, compliance and risk assessments across internal and external stakeholders. You will strengthen controls, support audits and help protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data.

You will coordinate evidence requests, lead customer security reviews and respond to security requirements with clear, accurate communications to build trust and enable business

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in information security, risk, or compliance.
• Familiar with ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI processes.
• Strong communication to explain complex security topics.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer security reviews and due diligence questionnaires.
• Coordinate evidence collection and track findings through resolution.
• Support programs aligned with ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI, Cyber Essentials.
• Serve as client-facing information security SME with clear responses.
• Partner with security, technology, legal and business teams on requirements.
• Maintain security policies, controls, SIG responses and regional requirements.
• Assess programs and identify opportunities to strengthen governance and monitoring.
• Communicate risks and progress to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Information security

Cybersecurity

Risk assessment

Compliance governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Security certifications (CISSP/CISM/CISA)

Tools

ISO 27001 framework

NIST framework

SOC 2

PCI

Job description

Are you passionate about helping customers navigate complex security and compliance requirements while building trust and enabling business growth?

Do you enjoy collaborating across technology, legal, and business teams to strengthen security controls, manage risk, and support a secure, resilient organisation?

About the Business

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry-specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, insurance rates more accurate, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efficient. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/

About the Role

As an Information Security professional, you will manage and support security, compliance and risk assessment activities across internal and external stakeholders, including customers, auditors, service providers and regulators. You will play a key role in strengthening security controls, supporting compliance initiatives, responding to customer security requirements and helping protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of organisational systems and information.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support customer security reviews, due diligence questionnaires, virtual/on-site assessments and internal and external compliance or certification audits.
• Coordinate evidence collection, assess control effectiveness, track findings through resolution and maintain organised documentation and repositories.
• Support security and compliance programmes aligned with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST 800 Series, SOC 2, PCI and Cyber Essentials.
• Serve as a client-facing Information Security subject matter expert, providing clear, accurate and timely responses that build customer trust and support new and existing business.
• Partner with Security, Technology, Legal, RFP and business teams on customer requirements, contracts, security risks, controls and remediation activities.
• Help maintain security policies, procedures, controls, SIG responses and supporting documentation, including applicable regional requirements.
• Assess security programmes and identify opportunities to strengthen governance, vulnerability management, monitoring, controls and organisational security practices.
• Communicate security risks, findings, recommendations and progress effectively to technical teams, business stakeholders, customers, auditors and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Significant experience in information security, cybersecurity, IT risk, compliance or a related technology discipline; equivalent practical experience is welcomed.
• Strong knowledge of security across on-premises, colocation and cloud environments, including cloud security and compliance technologies.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI and Cyber Essentials, with experience supporting assessments or audits.
• Strong understanding of security governance and controls, vulnerability management, monitoring and alerting, and system, security and software development life cycles.
• Experience managing customer security enquiries, due diligence questionnaires, audits, assessments, evidence requests and remediation or follow-up activities.
• Strong project management, organisational, prioritisation, problem-solving and change management skills, with the ability to coordinate work across multiple teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and customer-service skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Relevant security or risk certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA or comparable credentials are valued but not required.

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