Information Technology Security Engineer in Manchester

About Us

Airtime Rewards are delivering the leading data-led rewards technology globally.

We believe every shopper should feel great about their daily spend.

Our app is loved by our members (3.5m!) and we're continually building new features that drive towards our vision that sees hundreds of millions of pounds saved on phone bills.

Alongside this, we work with some of the best-known retailers to revolutionise their performance marketing. We're giving them brand new information and insight that transforms their understanding of their customers.

We do all this with our cutting-edge proprietary technology, utilising real time purchase data and AI learning to delight our members and maintain relationships with >200 retailers (including Boots, Greggs, and Tesco to name a few!).

It's a simple, best-in-class experience.

We pride ourselves on culture, are solving new problems and need great people to join us on our international journey as we deliver the leading data-led rewards technology globally.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Security Operations Engineer to join the Technology team and help us redefine the future of rewards. Working closely with our InfoSec Manager you’ll be at the forefront of our Security efforts and be responsible for the delivery of our overall strategy across core pillars of security including: Product & Platform Security; and Security Operations.

Information security is a growing team and therefore the successful candidate will (on occasion) also be required to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and be hands-on. Over time, as you mature the function, your role and focus will evolve – this is your chance to transform along with a growing business.

Responsibilities

• First point of call for IT technical issues.
• Ongoing IT device management, maintenance, and support.
• Mobile device management (MDM) for Mac devices. May include Windows devices.
• Security engineering and vulnerability management across the internal IT estate including staff endpoints, office networks, other auxiliary IT assets.
• Management of users and permissions within Google Workspace, Slack, and other internal software services.
• Resolving issues with IT equipment - laptops, printers, monitors.
• Ensuring good security practices and security compliance requirements are followed in key areas of identity & access management, security engineering, IT vendor management, multi factor authentication, password management, zero trust environment.
• Triage of security events and incidents raised by security tooling, colleagues, and partners
• Uses and interprets results from SIEM and develops actions for engineering teams.
• Works to continually improve security posture through reporting and security response.
• Makes pragmatic & risk-informed decisions without supervision.
• Works with the wider organisation to advise on security best practices for key business initiatives and technical implementations
• Ability to pick up and be comfortable with new technical systems.

Skills

• IT administrative experience.
• Able to work with a wide range of people; from highly technical software engineers to non technical users.
• Experience with Macs & Google Workspace.
• Experience with securing or managing a secure environment.
• Experience working closely with internal and external auditors ensuring policies (i.e. PCI-DSS) are adhered to.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, cloud & engineering-focused business and influencing the engineering process.
• Knowledge of OWASP top 10 security vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of common infrastructure, network, application vulnerabilities and security best practice
• Broad knowledge of malware and data loss prevention.
• Understands common threat actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Understanding and interest in keeping up to date knowledge on the wider threat landscape

Employee Benefits

• Share options
• 23 days annual leave, plus one for each year served (capped at 28).
• Birthday leave.
• Learning & development budget / time allocation
• Flexible start & finish hours 06:30 - 10:30am
• Life assurance at 5x salary
• Health cash plan
• Virtual GP appointments for you and your family
• 24/7 helpline for physical and mental health support, counselling, and other wellbeing resources
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hybrid working between home and office
• City centre location with brand new fit out (when in the office)
• Buy a holiday scheme
• Charity day
• Charity contribution
• Professional accreditation funding
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave pay
• Electric car scheme
• Workplace Nursery scheme