National House Building Council

Working Location: Milton Keynes / London, Hybrid working Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Job summary: At NHBC, cyber security is fundamental to maintaining the trust of our customers and ensuring the resilience of our business. As our Security Operations Manager, you'll play a critical leadership role in protecting our technology estate, strengthening our cyber defences and ensuring we're ready to respond to an ever-changing threat landscape. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced operational security professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You'll lead a team of Security Analysts, oversee critical security technologies, drive continuous improvement and work closely with colleagues across technology, the business and third-party partners to keep our organisation secure. If you're passionate about modern cyber defence, enjoy solving complex security challenges and want to influence how security is delivered across a large organisation, we'd love to hear from you. What you'll be doing You'll lead the day-to-day operational security function, ensuring NHBC has the people, processes and technology needed to detect, respond to and recover from cyber threats. Your responsibilities will include: Leading and developing a high-performing team of Security Analysts, ensuring effective threat monitoring, investigation and incident response across NHBC's environments. Managing relationships with our Security Operations Centre (SOC), internal technology teams and third-party suppliers to ensure rapid detection, escalation and remediation of security events. Driving our threat monitoring capability, identifying emerging risks that could impact our business, customers or reputation. Overseeing vulnerability management across on-premise and cloud environments, ensuring weaknesses are identified, prioritised and remediated effectively. Developing and continually improving security incident response processes, including cyber incident and data breach response. Managing penetration testing activities to provide assurance over live services and significant technology changes. Working with infrastructure, engineering and architecture teams to embed secure-by-design principles, cloud security and secure configuration standards. Overseeing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) investigations and partnering with business teams to manage potential information security incidents. Managing and optimising key security technologies, including Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview, XDR, email and web security platforms, phishing simulation tools and other operational security controls. Leveraging automation and AI to enhance threat detection, streamline investigations and improve response times. Producing meaningful operational metrics, KPIs and KRIs that provide insight into security performance and support informed decision-making. Building strong partnerships with suppliers and service providers to ensure the highest standards of security service delivery. What we're looking for You'll be an experienced cyber security leader with a strong technical background and a passion for operational excellence. You'll enjoy working collaboratively across teams, mentoring others and translating technical risks into practical business outcomes. We're looking for someone with: Experience leading security operations teams within hybrid or outsourced environments. Strong technical expertise across modern security tooling, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft E5 Security, Sentinel, AWS, Azure, Purview, SIEM, XDR/EDR, CSPM and vulnerability management platforms. Experience leading technical incident response, problem management and security investigations. A solid understanding of enterprise, network, cloud and SaaS/IaaS security. Experience embedding security operations into engineering, infrastructure and service management practices. Strong knowledge of identity and access management, security automation and scripting. An understanding of AI security concepts and the practical use of AI to strengthen cyber defence. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience managing third-party suppliers and outsourced security services. Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC or equivalent, alongside relevant Microsoft, AWS or cloud certifications. This is an opportunity to shape the future of operational cyber security within a respected national organisation. You'll have the autonomy to improve security operations, introduce modern technologies and automation, develop talented people and influence security strategy across the business. You'll join a collaborative and supportive team where innovation is encouraged, continuous improvement is valued and your expertise will make a genuine difference to the resilience of our organisation. If you're ready to lead from the front, embrace new technologies and help defend NHBC against today's cyber threats and tomorrow's, we'd love to hear from you. What we offer Our benefits package includes: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays enhanced pension scheme (up to 10.5%) life assurance subsidised private medical insurance employee discounts platform enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents + many more! Who we are At NHBC, we pride ourselves on being truly unique. No other organisation in our sector matches the range of services and scale we provide. As the market leader, we are recognised as the go-to for new home warranties and insurance. Our team is united by a core purpose: to raise the standards of house building and protect homeowners. Why you should join us As a modern, family-friendly employer, we're in a phase of rapid growth, embracing technology, data and new ways of working. We're seeking passionate, skilled and driven individuals to join us on this exciting journey. Once onboard, you'll have access to fantastic opportunities for personal and career growth. You'll receive thorough training, continuous development and the chance to earn recognised qualifications and professional memberships to support your journey. We support flexible working and encourage our colleagues to find a balance that suits them. While we may not be able to accommodate every request, we're always happy to have a conversation about flexible working arrangements. Our inclusive culture We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We firmly believe in the right of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and free from discrimination. Our active employee networks support colleagues and their allies, providing safe spaces for open conversations and idea-sharing. We are a Disability Confident organisation committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. Our first step is to review applications to ensure candidates meet the essential criteria for the role. We assess skills, experience, and potential objectively, and provide support or reasonable adjustments where needed. Candidates who meet the criteria will progress to the next stage. Why NHBC Work for the UK's leading independent provider of warranty and insurance for new-built homes. We have a range of job opportunities across the UK, including field and home-based roles within corporate, business operations and field tech. We welcome experienced professionals and those new to the world of work such as trainees, and with our flexible working approach we are open to helping you find a role that works for you. Why work for NHBC NHBC colleagues have access to a wide range of additional benefits and we ensure our packages are attractive to current and potential employees. Flexibility Working flexibly is part of our commitment to supporting a positive work-life balance and we are always happy to talk about flexible and hybrid working, wherever possible. Bonus We offer a yearly performance based bonus to all employees based on a percentage of salary. 27 days holiday + bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase extra days. Enhanced leave and pay We offer equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents. We recognise the valuable contribution that our colleagues make, benchmarking our salaries, against the wider market to ensure our packages are attractive. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy is focused on providing a shared direction and commitment for the organisation to respect and value our diverse workforce and continue to build a more inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain a workforce that represents the communities in which we work. We are a National House-Building Council and its subsidiaries (NHBC) engage with preferred recruiters or agencies on a formal basis. NHBC is unable to accept applications from recruiters or agencies who do not have signed terms of business with NHBC. If unsolicited applications or CVs are received from recruiters or agencies with or without such an agreement, NHBC will neither consider nor agree to any payment to that party.

NHBC is seeking a Principal Identity and Access Lead to shape and deliver the organisation's IAM strategy, driving secure identity controls across cloud and on-prem environments. You will work with CISO and senior leaders to implement IAM and PAM solutions, enabling secure business transformation and regulatory compliance. The role focuses on governance, lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen identity security across technology and business teams.

Job Role: Principal Identity and Access Lead Working Location: Milton Keynes / London, Hybrid working Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Job Summary Identity is at the heart of cyber security. As our Principal Identity & Access Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in protecting NHBC's systems, data and critical business services by leading the evolution of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) capability. This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide security strategy while remaining hands-on with modern identity technologies. Working alongside the CISO and senior stakeholders, you'll design, implement and continuously enhance IAM and Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions that strengthen resilience, support regulatory compliance and enable secure business transformation. If you're passionate about building secure, scalable identity services and enjoy working across technology, architecture and business teams, we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Be Doing As the Principal Identity & Access Lead, you'll be responsible for shaping and delivering NHBC's enterprise IAM strategy, ensuring identity controls are secure, effective and aligned with business needs. You'll: Partner with the CISO and senior business leaders to develop and deliver an enterprise IAM strategy aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practice. Define and maintain IAM policies, standards and governance frameworks in line with ISO 27001, NCSC guidance and PRA operational resilience requirements. Lead the implementation, configuration and integration of IAM and PAM technologies across cloud, enterprise and third-party environments. Drive improvements across the identity lifecycle, including joiners, movers and leavers, role-based access control, segregation of duties and privileged access. Work collaboratively with HR, IT Operations, Architecture and business teams to simplify and strengthen identity processes. Ensure access reviews, certification activities and privileged access controls remain robust, auditable and effective. Identify identity-related risks and control weaknesses, leading remediation activities that improve security and resilience. Oversee secure remote and supplier access, ensuring third-party connectivity is appropriately governed and monitored. Support incident response and recovery planning for identity-related events, including break-glass access and restoration activities. Produce meaningful reporting and assurance evidence for governance, internal audit and regulatory requirements. What We're Looking For We're looking for an experienced Identity and Access Management leader with a strong blend of strategic, technical and stakeholder management skills. You'll bring: Proven experience designing, implementing and managing enterprise IAM solutions, including identity lifecycle management, RBAC, least privilege, segregation of duties and Privileged Access Management (PAM). Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access and Identity Governance capabilities. Strong knowledge of authentication, access governance, audit, recertification and operating effective identity controls within a regulated environment. Experience identifying and mitigating identity risks, improving resilience and supporting incident response and recovery planning. Good understanding of ISO 27001, NCSC guidance and PRA/FCA operational resilience requirements, with the ability to apply security and governance best practice. Experience designing identity governance and assurance frameworks that support audit, compliance and regulatory reporting. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience leading or influencing cross-functional teams and engaging senior business stakeholders. Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risks into clear business outcomes. Why Join NHBC? This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a critical cyber security capability within an organisation where security, resilience and governance are fundamental to our success. You'll work alongside experienced security professionals, influence strategic technology decisions and help shape the future of identity security across the organisation-all while benefiting from flexible hybrid working, an attractive bonus scheme and the opportunity to make a genuine impact. If you're ready to lead the next phase of our Identity and Access Management journey, we'd love to hear from you. What we offer Our benefits package includes: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays enhanced pension scheme (up to 10.5%) life assurance subsidised private medical insurance employee discounts platform enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents + many more! Who we are At NHBC, we pride ourselves on being truly unique. No other organisation in our sector matches the range of services and scale we provide. As the market leader, we are recognised as the go-to for new home warranties and insurance. Our team is united by a core purpose: to raise the standards of house building and protect homeowners. Why you should join us As a modern, family-friendly employer, we're in a phase of rapid growth, embracing technology, data and new ways of working. We're seeking passionate, skilled and driven individuals to join us on this exciting journey. Once onboard, you'll have access to fantastic opportunities for personal and career growth. You'll receive thorough training, continuous development and the chance to earn recognised qualifications and professional memberships to support your journey. We support flexible working and encourage our colleagues to find a balance that suits them. While we may not be able to accommodate every request, we're always happy to have a conversation about flexible working arrangements. Our inclusive culture We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We firmly believe in the right of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and free from discrimination. Our active employee networks support colleagues and their allies, providing safe spaces for open conversations and idea-sharing. We are a Disability Confident organisation committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. Our first step is to review applications to ensure candidates meet the essential criteria for the role. We assess skills, experience, and potential objectively, and provide support or reasonable adjustments where needed. Candidates who meet the criteria will progress to the next stage. Why NHBC Work for the UK's leading independent provider of warranty and insurance for new-built homes. We have a range of job opportunities across the UK, including field and home-based roles within corporate, business operations and field tech. We welcome experienced professionals and those new to the world of work such as trainees, and with our flexible working approach we are open to helping you find a role that works for you. Why work for NHBC NHBC colleagues have access to a wide range of additional benefits and we ensure our packages are attractive to current and potential employees. Flexibility Bonus We offer a yearly performance based bonus to all employees based on a percentage of salary. 27 days holiday + bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase extra days. Enhanced leave and pay We offer equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents. We recognise the valuable contribution that our colleagues make, benchmarking our salaries, against the wider market to ensure our packages are attractive. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy is focused on providing a shared direction and commitment for the organisation to respect and value our diverse workforce and continue to build a more inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain a workforce that represents the communities in which we work.

Principal Security Architect & Engineering Lead England-Milton Keynes Job Role: Principal Security Architect and Engineering Lead Working Location: Milton Keynes / London, Hybrid working Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent Job summary: At NHBC, we're committed to protecting the systems, services and data that support the UK house-building industry. As our Principal Security Architecture & Engineering Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in defining how security is embedded across our technology landscape, ensuring resilience, trust and confidence in everything we deliver. This is a strategic leadership role with significant technical influence. Working closely with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you'll define and evolve our enterprise security architecture, establish secure-by-design principles and lead the engineering of security capabilities that protect our critical business services. You'll collaborate across architecture, engineering, infrastructure and delivery teams to ensure security is integrated into every stage of technology change. If you're passionate about modern security architecture, cloud technologies, engineering excellence and influencing change at enterprise scale, we'd love to hear from you. What you'll be doing Partner with the CISO to define and deliver NHBC's enterprise security architecture, supporting critical business services and regulatory expectations. Establish and maintain security architecture principles, standards, patterns and control frameworks across on-premises, cloud and third party environments. Provide security architecture leadership and governance through Architecture Design Authority and other technical governance forums. Develop and contribute to solution architectures, ensuring security requirements are built into designs from the outset. Define functional and non functional security requirements that support secure, resilient and scalable technology solutions. Champion secure-by-design practices across technology delivery, embedding consistent, proportionate and auditable security controls. Drive the adoption of DevSecOps practices, working through matrix leadership with engineering and delivery teams to integrate security throughout development pipelines. Partner with engineering, infrastructure and operational teams to design, implement and integrate security capabilities across the enterprise technology estate. Lead technical security risk assessments, design assurance and remediation activities to strengthen controls and reduce enterprise risk. Oversee the secure integration of third party services and remote access solutions, ensuring controls align with business criticality and risk appetite. Support cyber incident response and recovery by ensuring architectures enable effective detection, containment and rapid restoration of services. What we're looking for We're looking for an experienced security leader who combines strategic thinking with deep technical expertise and a collaborative leadership style. You'll bring: Proven experience defining and governing enterprise security architecture across complex technology environments, establishing principles, standards and security patterns that enable secure, resilient and scalable solutions. A strong track record of embedding secure-by-design principles and influencing architects, engineers, delivery teams and business stakeholders to deliver security as an integral part of technology change. Hands on experience designing, implementing and integrating enterprise security technologies across hybrid environments, including Microsoft platforms, Azure, AWS, SaaS and IaaS. Significant expertise across key security domains, including security governance, security operations and SIEM, network security, cloud security, identity and access management (IAM), vulnerability management and security assurance. Strong knowledge of modern security engineering practices, including DevSecOps, CI/CD security, infrastructure as code, automated testing and continuous assurance within development pipelines. Experience working across large scale transformation programmes and product or delivery teams, providing technical leadership and security design assurance throughout the delivery lifecycle. Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across technology, operations, risk, assurance and business functions. Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to balance business objectives, risk and technical considerations to make informed decisions. Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts into clear, practical advice for both technical and non technical audiences. Demonstrable leadership experience, with the ability to inspire, coach and influence teams and drive a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence. What we offer Our benefits package includes: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays enhanced pension scheme (up to 10.5%) life assurance subsidised private medical insurance employee discounts platform enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents + many more! Who we are At NHBC, we pride ourselves on being truly unique. No other organisation in our sector matches the range of services and scale we provide. As the market leader, we are recognised as the go to for new home warranties and insurance. Our team is united by a core purpose: to raise the standards of house building and protect homeowners. Why you should join us As a modern, family friendly employer, we're in a phase of rapid growth, embracing technology, data and new ways of working. We're seeking passionate, skilled and driven individuals to join us on this exciting journey. Once onboard, you'll have access to fantastic opportunities for personal and career growth. You'll receive thorough training, continuous development and the chance to earn recognised qualifications and professional memberships to support your journey. We support flexible working and encourage our colleagues to find a balance that suits them. While we may not be able to accommodate every request, we're always happy to have a conversation about flexible working arrangements. Our inclusive culture We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We firmly believe in the right of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and free from discrimination. Our active employee networks support colleagues and their allies, providing safe spaces for open conversations and idea sharing. We are a Disability Confident organisation committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. Our first step is to review applications to ensure candidates meet the essential criteria for the role. We assess skills, experience, and potential objectively, and provide support or reasonable adjustments where needed. Candidates who meet the criteria will progress to the next stage. Why NHBC Work for the UK's leading independent provider of warranty and insurance for new built homes. We have a range of job opportunities across the UK, including field and home based roles within corporate, business operations and field tech. We welcome experienced professionals and those new to the world of work such as trainees, and with our flexible working approach we are open to helping you find a role that works for you. Why work for NHBC NHBC colleagues have access to a wide range of additional benefits and we ensure our packages are attractive to current and potential employees. Flexibility Flexibility Bonus We offer a yearly performance based bonus to all employees based on a percentage of salary. 27 days holiday + bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase extra days. Enhanced leave and pay We offer equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents. We recognise the valuable contribution that our colleagues make, benchmarking our salaries, against the wider market to ensure our packages are attractive. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy is focused on providing a shared direction and commitment for the organisation to respect and value our diverse workforce and continue to build a more inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain a workforce that represents the communities in which we work. National House Building Council and its subsidiaries (NHBC) engage with preferred recruiters or agencies on a formal basis. NHBC is unable to accept applications from recruiters or agencies who do not have signed terms of business with NHBC. If unsolicited applications or CVs are received from recruiters or agencies with or without such an agreement, NHBC will neither consider nor agree to any payment to that party.

NHBC is seeking a Principal Security Architect & Engineering Lead in Milton Keynes / London, hybrid. You will shape NHBC's security architecture across on prem, cloud and partners, defining principles and controls with strong governance and collaboration across engineering, infra and delivery teams. You will drive secure engineering practices, work with CISO, manage risk, and lead the adoption of DevSecOps to protect critical services and data in a complex, regulated environment.