Senior Security Engineer I

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking an Information Security professional to manage security, compliance and risk assessments across internal and external stakeholders, including customers, auditors and regulators.

You will lead and support customer security reviews, coordinate evidence collection, and align security programmes with ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI and Cyber Essentials, while serving as a client-facing SME on security matters.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in information security, cybersecurity, IT risk or compliance.
• Experience engaging with customers and leading security reviews and audits.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI and Cyber Essentials; supporting assessments.
• Understanding of on-premises, colocation and cloud security environments.
• Strong governance, vulnerability management, monitoring and SDLC security concepts.
• Proven ability to drive remediation and coordinate across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support customer security reviews, due diligence questionnaires, assessments and audits.
• Coordinate evidence collection, assess control effectiveness and track findings to resolution.
• Support security and compliance programmes aligned with ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, PCI and Cyber Essentials.
• Serve as a client-facing information security SME, providing clear, timely responses.
• Partner with Security, Legal, RFP and business teams on security requirements and remediation.
• Help maintain security policies, controls, SIG responses and supporting documentation.
• Assess security programmes and identify opportunities to strengthen governance and monitoring.
• Communicate risks, findings and progress to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Information security

Cybersecurity

IT risk

Compliance

Security governance

Vulnerability management

Monitoring & alerting

SDLC security

Client-facing

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

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.,

• 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.
  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?

• 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.