Cyber Support Engineer | S2 | Cyber Emergency Response Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join our bank as a Cyber Support Engineer. In this high-profile technical role, you will be responsible for testing and supporting the delivery of a range of projects as part of our annual cyber program, both locally and globally. Cyber Threat Management is responsible for addressing proactively all cyber security threats faced by Santander UK and this is a unique opportunity to join our Threat Management Team within the Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) and make a meaningful contribution to our organisation's cyber security efforts. If you have a passion for cyber security and penetration testing and a track record of success in similar roles, this is the perfect opportunity to develop your career. The difference you'll make:

• Delivering and development of threat hunting capabilities for use within the CERT based on cyber threats facing Santander and the Finance Sector
• Ensuring proper resource management is applied and governing the lifecycle of data indexes and visualisations
• Analysing and delivering the priority roadmap for CERT into concrete designs and configuration for tactical cyber tooling
• Gathering requirements, conducting business case reviews, overseeing day-to-day tasks, reporting progress, escalating risks and issues
• Facilitating the handover of business-as-usual activities, ensuring project closure and post-implementation review tasks are completed
  
  Previous experience of penetration testing across applications and services within the financial sector
• Previous experience of analysing cyber threat intelligence within the financial sector
• Previous experience of externally driven threat hunts across applications and
services within the financial sector
• Background in development and upkeep of cyber tooling
• Ability to demonstrate extensive problem-solving skills and able to think like an attacker to identify and mitigate potential threats
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as PowerShell, Python and Bash
It would also be nice for you to have:
• Able to understand and manage the demands and feedback of senior stakeholders across the group and address them proportionally
• Professional and people-oriented temperament
• Ability to be self-directed, innovative, and proactive
What else you need to know: This role is based in Unity Place - Milton Keynes. We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

1st Stage - Informational Interview - this will a 30min virtual interview with one of the team to discuss your CV / prior experience. 2nd Stage - A one-hour formal interview where we will ask competency-based questions. If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know. Inclusion At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair. How we'll reward you. As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
• £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.