Security Engineer

Let’s transform banking forever

ClearBank is built on the belief that banking infrastructure shouldn’t slow down progress. Quite the opposite. Speed it up and that’s when you unlock potential. When you really start to innovate.

That spirit and ‘can-do’ attitude is why our clients – from FinTech’s and crypto platforms, to banks and credit unions – choose to use our API to power their banking infrastructure.

But it’s our people who are the stars here. They power that innovation, push harder to break boundaries. They make coming to work (or working from home) fun. They’re the ones we trust to catapult our clients to success. Just as they trust us to build a business that’s always striding forward.

Your Mission:

ClearBank is a place where you can do things differently and challenge the status quo. We will give you a high level of autonomy and transparency, and we trust you to make the right decisions for the bank.

If that excites you, how about joining our Security Engineering team as a Security Engineer? Reporting to the Security Engineering Manager, you will join a high-performing and supportive team working to protect ClearBank from cybercrime. (Our team won the Best Implementation of DevSecOps at the Computing DevOps Excellence Awards 2024, and Most Effective DevSecOps Team of 2023).

The security engineering team works with software development teams to improve application security and provides security oversight and support to many other areas of the business. The security engineering team works alongside four other security teams who cover Identity Access Management, Security Operations, Governance and Compliance, and Data Privacy.

This includes:

• Working alongside other security engineers to gain familiarity with the organisation’s processes and technologies and further build your security and software skills.
• Working with software development and platform teams to help them to deliver and maintain secure products using modern technologies. In the process you will build credibility and trust with them.
• Championing security best practices and run security consultations / training sessions.
• Trialing new technologies and pave the way for their adoption
• Supporting existing security tooling and evaluate new tools as they become available.
• Risk-based vulnerability management, taking a pragmatic approach to balancing security, customer, and business needs. Communicating these risks to the business.

What we’re looking for:

This is a mid-senior level position, we’re looking for someone who has a passion for security/risk and engineering, while the role is primarily security focused it would be great if you have experience in any coding languages.

Experience:

• Adaptable and committed to continuous learning and self-development.
• We are looking for great communicators, able to clearly articulate security risks and improvements to a variety of stakeholders around the business.
• Good security knowledge and enthusiasm for software security.
• Understands common software vulnerabilities and ability to describe them to different audiences. Awareness of the wider security landscape.
• Some experience developing code and working in a cloud native environment.
• Be a motivated team player who is delivery focused and can suggest solutions as to how things can be done better.

Nice to have:

• Experience of a fintech environment or similar upscale organisation.
• ClearBank primarily uses Azure, .NET, and Kubernetes. Experience with these is beneficial but not essential. Experience with similar coding languages / cloud providers would also be beneficial.
• Experience with enterprise technologies such as Databricks, Power BI, etc, would be beneficial but not essential.

Regretfully we are not able to sponsor applicants for immigration purposes at the current time.

What we offer in return:

• We’re flexible – We support a culture of flexibility which allows our employees to achieve a strong work-life balance.
• Discretionary Bonus (performance-based)
• Holiday – 27 days of annual leave per year, plus bank holidays.
• Work abroad – You have the flexibility to work outside of the UK for up to 30 days in a rolling 12-month period.
• Wellbeing – 24/7 employee assistance programme including mental health support, life assurance and income protection.
• Bigger than ClearBank – Take a couple of days per year to do something that matters to you.
• Healthy living – Private healthcare and discounted dental cover, with employee perks and discounts.
• Family – Enhanced family-friendly leave.
• Personal development – We offer personal development budgets, opportunities to take part in role-related training and unlimited LinkedIn Learning.

And not forgetting the biggest benefit of all. The opportunity to be part of an incredible team that’s building a tech-bank fit for the future.

What makes a great ClearBank team member? Does this sound like you?

• You focus on solutions and positive outcomes, thinking radically and responsibly to find the best result for our customers, your colleagues and the bank;
• You actively seek feedback from others to drive your growth and development, always assuming positive intent from others and develop strong, trusting relationships you’re your colleagues and customers: you really, genuinely care;
• You always strive for the highest quality, but you know that done is better than perfect; you welcome a challenge knowing that they learn as you go and iterate;
• ‘I’ before ‘we’, isn’t in your vocabulary

A little bit more about us!

ClearBank is Where You Can belong:

At ClearBank we think about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) a lot. Not because we think we should. But because we know we should – how else can we build a happy workforce and be successful as a business. We’re committed to making sure our teams reflect society. And we put energy and effort into making this a place where everyone feels at home, where they’re given the trust and encouragement to do their very best work. Here are some of the things we’re most proud of:

• 42% of our senior management roles are held by women
• Our enhanced family leave policies
• Launching our partnership with Code First Girls
• Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group

Our hiring process and what you can expect:

Application: a member of our talent acquisition team will review your application against the key requirements for the role and let you know within two weeks whether you’re moving forward to the next stage;

Screening: You’ll spend 30-45 minutes speaking to one of our recruiters learning more about the role and ClearBank, and we’ll get it know more about you, your experience and how your skills align with the role (this will be via phone or Teams video call). You can expect to hear back from us within seven days following this meeting (if things are taking longer than expected, we’ll let you know that too);

First Interview: You’ll spend one hour with a member of our hiring team focusing on your skills, competencies and your ways of working at the same time we’ll give you time to ask more questions about the role, the team and learn more about the ClearBank culture. This will be via Teams.

Second Interview: This will be a competency-based interview with one or more members of our team.

Final Stage: You will have a final meeting with the Head of Department. This will be around 45-60 minutes.

Offer: Congratulations! Get ready for transform banking forever!

Our commitment to you as a candidate:

We will always try our best to get back to you within seven days of your interview whether you’ve been successful or not and provide you with feedback. Sometimes things take a little longer, so we may not have a decision to share but we will get it touch to let you know we need a little more time.

We’re unable to provide specific individual feedback at the application or screening stage but know that your application was reviewed and considered carefully.

We wish you the best of luck with your application and maybe we’ll be celebrating your new role at ClearBank soon!

ClearBank is committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout every stage of the recruitment process. ClearBank recognises that diversity is vital to the long-term success of the business in the communities and markets in which it operates. ClearBank is also a firm believer that an inclusive culture fosters greater employee engagement and collaboration.

ClearBank strives for diversity and inclusion of all forms, including (but not limited to): gender, age, educational and professional background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

The legal bit

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