Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
As Manager, Security Automation at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), you will be a core member of the Cyber Security Operations team, leading and setting the direction for the Cyber Security Automation team. Your responsibilities include designing and delivering security automation capabilities such as alert ingestion, enrichment, and automated response workflows to drive efficient and consistent handling of security alerts. You will own and evolve the security case management platform, supporting Security Operations and Security Fusion Centre teams while driving process improvements and workflow optimisation. You will manage infrastructure and engineering practices underpinning automation, forensics, and threat intelligence platforms, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable operations through Infrastructure-as-Code and DevSecOps principles. Additionally, you will drive the adoption of emerging AI capabilities, including machine learning, generative AI, agentic workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), to enhance analysis, automate decision-making, and accelerate security response.

In this role, you will combine strong hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, contributing directly to engineering challenges while setting direction and driving innovation aligned with business objectives. As an inclusive and supportive leader, you will foster a collaborative team culture, mentor and develop colleagues at all career stages, and empower individuals to achieve their full potential while delivering transformational outcomes.

London Stock Exchange Group is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider dedicated to driving financial stability, empowering economies, and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our culture embraces diversity, innovation, and continuous improvement, offering meaningful career opportunities in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Experience
- Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and supporting Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platforms and automation workflows.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.
- Strong hands-on scripting and development experience, particularly with Python including API integrations and workflow automation.
- Experience building and maintaining security capabilities in public cloud environments, with practical expertise in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
- Knowledge of modern DevSecOps practices, including Infrastructure-as-Code, source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and configuration management.
- Experience managing and supporting enterprise security platforms.
- Understanding of security operations processes, including alert triage, investigation, and incident response.
- Experience evaluating and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities within operational environments, including familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, AI agents, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts.
- Strong knowledge of system integration techniques, REST APIs, authentication mechanisms, and alert-driven architectures.
- Experience translating business and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of leading complex technical investigations and driving resolution of critical issues.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About you
You are a strategic and hands-on leader with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement in security automation. You thrive in a collaborative environment, mentoring and developing your team while driving transformational outcomes. You embrace diversity and inclusion, fostering a culture where everyone can grow and fulfil their potential. You are comfortable balancing technical challenges with strategic planning and organisational leadership, and you communicate effectively across all levels of the business.

Qualifications
Relevant technical qualifications or certifications in cybersecurity, cloud technologies, or software development are desirable but not mandatory. Demonstrated experience and expertise in the required areas are essential.