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Information Security Manager - HS2 Main Works

Skanska · London, Greater London

Type
Full-time
Posted
16 days ago

Overview

Your incident command and risk management skills translate directly to information security management.

About this role

At Skanska, we’re shaping the way we live, work and connect. As one of the world’s largest construction and development companies, we work together with customers, communities and partners to shape a better society.

You will be working in the HS2 Main Works, the SCS Joint Venture with Costain and Strabag, our HS2 Main Works South team is delivering one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure projects - 26 miles of tunnels from London Euston to West Ruislip, along with viaducts, bridges and embankments that will connect communities for generations.

We are currently looking for an Information Security Manager who will:

As The Information Security Manager, You Will

  • Lead the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) in line with ISO?27001
  • Achieve and maintain ISO?27001 certification, ensuring controls, evidence, and processes remain compliant year round
  • Maintain and communicate an effective information security risk management framework that enables informed decision making at senior levels
  • Drive proactive risk identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring across the organisation
  • Champion a strong security culture across SCS JV, ensuring policies and expectations are understood and embedded
  • Influence and support process owners to improve their processes where security weaknesses are identified
  • Lead, mentor, and develop junior InfoSec team members, ensuring the team has the competence and capability to run an effective ISMS
  • Track emerging risks, threats, and compliance changes, ensuring the ISMS evolves to remain effective and relevant

We Are Looking For

  • Demonstrable experience working with Cyber Essentials
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or equivalent qualification
  • Demonstrable understanding of cloud technology
  • Demonstrable working understanding of security technology and how it’s deployed to create effective technical controls for example; Firewalls, IDP, IAM, MFA, SSO, DLP, CASB, MDM, EDR etc
  • Demonstrable risk management knowledge and how to influence senior management to make informed decisions on risk treatment
  • Working knowledge of the UK Data Protection Act (DPA) / GDPR
  • Demonstrable good level of written and spoken English
  • A commonly identifiable security qualification i.e. CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, CGEIT, CCOA, CISSP etc

What We Offer

24/7 digital GP service for you and your family

Financial wellbeing and employee assistance

Professional development

Enhanced family benefits (including maternity, paternity, dependants and parental bereavement leave)

Inclusion and Diversity

We thrive through embracing differences as we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it The Skanska Way.

Flexible working

Where possible, we offer a range of flexible working options, and we would be happy to dis

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