Web App Security SME | WAF & Cloud Controls Lead

HSBC; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking an experienced professional for the role of SME - Web Application Security Protection in Birmingham, with considerations for Sheffield. The successful candidate will have experience in cloud services and WAF solutions, and will focus on developing security processes, responding to cyber-attacks, and collaborating across teams. This position offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for professional development while promoting diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in working with CSP native WAF solutions or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience in writing and deployment of WAF rules.
• Strong understanding of HTML and JavaScript.
• Experience managing DDoS attacks.
• Proven collaboration in centralised security functions.

Responsibilities

• Support migration of teams to WAF Central Rules.
• Develop new processes for Operating Models.
• Oversee incident response integration.
• Work on WAF Rules for internal services integration.
• Define central security baseline rules.
• Support migration of services to new Central CSP Managed Rules.
• Report compliance on new Operating Model.

Skills

Cloud Provider experience

WAF rules deployment

Understanding of web applications

Industry security standards knowledge

Experience managing cyber-attacks

Collaboration across organizations

Logging solutions familiarity

Tools

AWS

Akamai

Splunk

Job description

A leading banking institution is seeking an experienced professional for the role of SME - Web Application Security Protection in Birmingham, with considerations for Sheffield. The successful candidate will have experience in cloud services and WAF solutions, and will focus on developing security processes, responding to cyber-attacks, and collaborating across teams. This position offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for professional development while promoting diversity and inclusion.