Head of Horizon Risk, Security & Controls

Salary: Competitive

Grade: 4

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London/Hybrid

Division: Horizon Technology Team

What to expect

Here at the Post Office, we’re steeped in tradition, but we’re going places.

As Head of Horizon Risk, Security & Controls you will have a key role within the team.

Responsible for ensuring that the security and integrity of the Horizon platform can be relied on by our Postmasters.

You will have responsibility and oversight for ensuring that security and integrity of the Horizon Platform. Be the Subject matter expert for the GLO IT Team in Triage, investigation, remediation, audit and assurance of Horizon related matters.

What we can do for you

Our people are the driving force behind our business, we are proud of the energy, commitment and customer focus we have in common. In addition to the competitive salary we offer, in return for your hard work, you will also receive:

• 27.5 days annual leave that increases with tenure
• Up to 18% on target bonus opportunity
• Car allowance
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Income protection after 12 months service
• Full support from our employee assistance programme and access to our employee benefits platform
• Ever-evolving learning and development opportunities

At Post Office our commitment to embracing diversity extends beyond just words, we actively foster an inclusive workplace culture that values the unique perspectives and contributions from all colleagues.

We believe that Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is not only important but essential to our success and growth; our priority is building a business that represents the communities we serve across the nation. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace our employees’ differences;

Post Office wants people from all walks of life working here and we welcome your application. That’s how we build Everybody’s Business.

What you'll need to succeed

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Ideally CISSP or other similar security qualification
• Experience of ITIL (in particular Incident Management and Major Incident Management)
• Extensive knowledge of IT security controls technical and process best practice including current frameworks and standards such as ISO27001 and COBIT.
• Consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm, enriched with client-side implementation experience.
• Specific technical skills requirements – expertise in:
• IT Security Controls best practice
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies e.g. Active Directory etc
• Security Operations Centre technologies
• Desktop and application virtualisation
• Enterprise system management including SCCM
• Expertise in Network services
• PCI DSS