IT Security Specialist - National Salary £40,000 - £55,000. London Salary £50,000 - £70,000.
Working within Global Platforms to provide IT maintenance, support, and software delivery mechanisms to ensure the Aviva business has reliable and trusted services and can move forward in its Digital aspirations. The Platforms area manages the controlled, reliable, and predictable delivery of change within the complex and shifting environment across multiple platforms and teams.

A bit about the job:

• Provide dedicated support and security related technical expertise to enable platform leads to deliver safe and secure platform services to our business and its customers.
  
• Ensure IT Platforms develop, build, and operate secure applications and install secure IT and business infrastructure.
  
• IT Platforms in achieving its objectives and to mitigate any risks through the adoption of industry best practice via policy, effective risk management, assurance, and training.
  
• Articulate and drive clear and unambiguous security technical solutions in response to ever changing threats, both with the run and change aspects of the platform area.
  
• Bridge and unite the Platform and CISO organisations.
  

Aviva uses "smart-working", and the person in this role can be based anywhere commutable to an Aviva office.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Broad experience of security management concepts as applicable to business facing applications
  
• Knowledge and working experience of IS governance processes and practices, including monitoring and control frameworks such as ISO, ISF and COBIT and their application within a financial services environment or other highly regulated industry
  
• Good understanding of Secure Development Lifecycles and their application in an agile environment
  
• Good understanding of security architecture principles and processes
  
• Excellent influencing, negotiating and communication (written and verbal) skills
  

What you'll get for this role:

• National Salary £40,000 - £55,000. London Salary £50,000 - £70,000 (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications)
  
• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)
  
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  
• Family friendly parental and carer's leave
  
• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
  
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
  
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
  
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
  
• 21 volunteering hours per year
  

Aviva is for everyone:
We are inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
Most of our people are smart working - spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Abigail Aitken a call on +44 7774 789975 or send an email to abigail.aitken@aviva.com