Security Operations Team Leader

An exciting opportunity to join our IT security and Governance team as a Security Operations Team Leader for a fixed term contract for 15 months, based working from home.

Who we are

Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.

Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.

To learn more about Railpen including our values, culture and purpose, visit our LinkedIn Life page here

The role

As Security Operations Team Leader, you will oversee, direct and supervise security operations within Railpen, ensuring cyber security risks are managed within appetite, ensuring we are able to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber events. You will proactively engage with the business, ensuring appropriate monitoring coverage as well as build in governance across security operations.

This role includes an on-call rota of one week in every three during the duration of the contract. 

The person
The ideal candidate will have experience of leading a security operations teams as well as defining, implementing and maintaining security operational process within SLAs. You will be confident using Kusto Query Language demonstrating ability to use it to enable new improved operational processes, whether that is threat hunting, creating regular reports, improved detection capabilities or automated response processes, and be an advocate for sharing and developing such skills in the team. 

We are looking for someone with a professional and collaborative attitude with experience of managing third party security vendors, holding them to account and ensuring SLAs and contractual agreements are met. You will be proactive in driving results, being aware of what needs to be achieved and identifying problems to solutions, ensuring you and the team take accountability and ownership of issues.  You will have experience of managing security incidents and security operations in a busy environment. You'll be expected to have experience of managing security tools such as email gateways, web application firewalls, web proxies and third party risk management. You will be an advocate for striving for operational excellence through inspiring, motivating and delegating to the team to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in all things cyber, information and Railpen security. You will need to demonstrate effective security controls and practices during audits and being accountable for providing audit evidence, and to work within agreed timescales to deliver audit actions.  Complete the required Incident reports in the event of an incident, risk events or near misses. . 

Rewarding you

• A competitive salary

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro rata)

• Defined Contribution pension

Heath & Wellbeing

• Employee assistance programme

• Health cash plan

• Eye care vouchers

• Flu vaccination

• Private Medical Insurance

Lifestyle

• Give as you earn scheme

• Paid volunteering days

Next Steps

Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by 5pm on 29th July 2026.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life