Team Lead Cyber Defence Solutions

Join Swiss Re and lead a team of passionate and dedicated professionals – helping us to fulfil our mission in making the world more resilient. As the Team Lead of Cyber Defence Solutions, you'll own a high-performing engineering team focused on maintaining and delivering cyber defence tools and automations. What's more, you'll be working in a hybrid setup, perfectly balancing work from home and the office premises. 

About the team 

The Security Team is the focal point for all security activities across Swiss Re. We are responsible for cybersecurity engineering and operations, corporate security, governance, operational resilience, risk and compliance. We define and advance the company's security strategy.  

As a part of the Security Team, the main aim of the Cyber Defence Solutions team is to develop, improve, and maintain innovative platforms such as Threat Intelligence, XDR, SOAR and its automations playbooks. We're looking for a highly experienced cyber security professional with a strong background in engineering and team-leading skills. 

In your role, you will… 

• Lead the Cyber Defence Solutions team for Swiss Re 
• Be accountable for the maintenance and delivery of the cyber defence stack, keeping a good balance between both aspects 
• Be someone who believes in continuous innovation, is curious and relentless in finding a better way every day  
• Be a leader who understands that it takes a diverse set of skills and individuals to form a highly effective operations team  
• Lead, inspire, and develop the Cyber Defence Solutions team by establishing an environment which enables autonomy and mastery for all team members  
• Provide a development programme which enables all staff to continuously enhance their skills and provide space for continuous learning and growth for the team  
• Actively contribute to the development of our overall strategy as an active member of the leadership group 
• Ensure the engineering practices are properly implemented across all the phases of the development lifecycle across the whole stack 
• Influence cyber defence strategy by bringing bottom-up requirements and insights 

Your qualifications 

What we need from you 

• Passion, drive and a belief in the value of developing, improving and maintaining innovative cyber defence platforms with a mix of self-developed tools and third-party solutions 
• Experience in leading teams in complex corporate environments 
• The ability to communicate with a broad spectrum of stakeholders  
• A track record of successful delivery in leading high-performance software engineering teams 
• Demonstrated expertise and a high level of motivation as a leader for an international team with the ability to work in a hybrid setting 
• Being fluent in data and analytics and knowledgeable of using data in driving operational improvement 
• Integrity, result-oriented approach and composure under pressure 
• Strong communication, influencing and collaboration skills  
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English  
• Experience in software development practices with special focus on Python and Kubernetes 
• Knowledge on the area of cyber defence, specifically in the SOAR and XDR toolsets 

Nice-to-have 

• In-depth knowledge of the full technology stack used across enterprise environments 
• Practical experience in agile methodologies and principles  
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices 
• Experience working as an incident responder, reverse engineer or malware analyst 

For Spain, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers: ​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,​
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.​

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