Head of Security Architecture & Engineering

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Vacancy Name: Head of Security Architecture & Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Role Details

Who are we?
Look at the latest headlines and you will see something Ki insures. Think space shuttles, world tours, wind farms, and even footballers' legs.

Ki's mission is simple. Digitally disrupt and revolutionise a 335-year-old market. Working with Google and UCL, Ki has created a platform that uses algorithms, machine learning and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days.

Ki is proudly the biggest global algorithmic insurance carrier. It is the fastest growing syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market, and the first ever to make $100m in profit in 3 years.

Ki's teams have varied backgrounds and work together in an agile, cross-functional way to build the very best experience for its customers. Ki has big ambitions but needs more excellent minds to challenge the status-quo and help it reach new horizons.

What you will be working on

We are recruiting for a Head of Security Architecture & Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for the leadership and operational management of the Security Architecture and Engineering team at Ki, actively collaborating with Ki's Technology & Product teams to devise and execute strategic initiatives that drive a 'secure, private and compliant' agenda, aligned to Ki's overarching cybersecurity strategy.

The role primarily focuses on defining and implementing cost-effective security tooling and controls to enable Ki to meet its business objectives, deliver tangible value, and ensure a robustly secure platform and product are in place in light of emerging threats and regulatory requirements. You'll be an expert in Identity and Access Management, including privileged user controls and secrets management, with a good understanding of security topics in Azure, GCP, serverless, container platforms, and Infrastructure as Code environments, within a LLM environment.

This role will also work on identifying and assessing the suitability of cybersecurity partners, as well as business development opportunities to generate improved service for clients or additional growth opportunities for Ki, including collaborating with the underwriting team at Ki to develop an increasingly refined view of Cyber risk.

Bringing your experience of understanding secure SDLC processes, including concepts of DevSecOps and security testing automation, you will report directly into the CISO, building the Security Architecture and Engineering capability into a world-class team, working on the cutting edge of technology.

Our culture

Inclusion & Diversity is at the heart of our business at Ki. We recognise that diversity in age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical ability, thought, and social background bring richness to our working environment. No matter who you are, where you're from, how you think, or who you love, we believe you should be you.

You'll get a highly competitive remuneration and benefits package. This is kept under constant review to make sure it stays relevant. We understand the power of saying thank you and take time to acknowledge and reward extraordinary effort by teams or individuals.