IT Security Advisor

About this role

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development and home building businesses, renowned for transforming land and spaces.

Founded in Sheffield in 1886, Henry Boot was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1919. Today, our reputation is built on quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach. We focus on three long-term growth markets: residential, industrial and logistics, and urban development. Our group of businesses consists of Banner Plant, Hallam Land, HBD, Road Link and Stonebridge. Together, we are where great places start.

We're investing in the technology, security and infrastructure that will support our future growth, and we're looking for an IT Security Advisor to play a key role in that journey. This is more than a security role. It's an opportunity to influence how a leading UK property, development and construction group protects its people, systems and information while embracing modern technology and innovation.

What you'll be doing

As our IT Security Advisor, you'll be at the centre of protecting and improving our technology environment across the Group. You'll work with colleagues, stakeholders and specialist partners to ensure our systems remain secure, resilient and ready for the future.

You'll lead on security operations, respond to incidents, manage vulnerabilities and help strengthen our overall security posture. Alongside this, you'll contribute to infrastructure improvements, security projects and the development of our longer-term technology roadmap.

Whether you're investigating a cyber threat, improving endpoint security, advising stakeholders or supporting cloud-first initiatives, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact across the business.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical capability with a practical, business-focused approach.

You'll likely have experience in IT infrastructure, cyber security, vulnerability management or security operations and be confident working with a range of technologies including Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Entra/Azure and endpoint management platforms.

Just as importantly, you'll be someone who

• Enjoys solving complex problems
• Can communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences
• Builds strong relationships and collaborates effectively
• Takes ownership and drives continuous improvement
• Balances security requirements with business needs

Our offer

We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.

We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.

• We pay you a competitive salary we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
• We will provide you with access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
• We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
• We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
• We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
• We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;
• We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
• We give you 24**days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
• We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
• We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;
• We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
• We cover the cost of professional membership fees for recognised bodies such as CIPD, RICS, CIAT, and others, supporting your continued professional development.
• We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
• We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.

We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.

We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers, for more information, see the recruitment agency disclaimer on our Careers home page.

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