Security Specialist - Standard Build Assurance

Cyber Security Specialist – Standard Build Assurance 

Salary: Circa £55,000  

Location: Bristol or Norwich 

 This is a great job for someone who  loves turning good security practice into everyday reality.  

You’re confident working with CIS Benchmarks and vulnerability management, and you enjoy partnering with engineers and leaders to make builds safer and simpler at scale.  

If you like clear outcomes, clean baselines and seeing your work land across a complex estate, this is for you.  

A bit about the job 

You’ll join our Threat Intelligence & Attack Simulation team as the technical specialist for Standard Build Assurance (SBA). 

You’ll shape and maintain our SBA governance and target security baselines, build and tune compliance scans, and turn results into practical actions through simple dashboards and clear stories.

Your work helps Aviva reduce risk, stay resilient, and make smart, secure changes quickly—so our colleagues and customers are protected.  

Skills and experience we’re looking for 

• Hands-on experience with CIS standards and vulnerability management (e.g., scan configuration, triage, remediation).  

• Proven ability to define and maintain secure baselines for operating systems and platforms; you keep “what good looks like” current and usable.  

• Experience of building and maintaining compliance scans and templates for new tech and OS versions.  

• Comfortable creating clear dashboards and insights (e.g., Qlik Sense or similar) that drive action with stakeholders.  

• Strong collaborator: you explain technical detail in plain English and work well with Platforms, Infrastructure and market CISOs 

What you’ll get for this role:  

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. When you join us, we invest in you.  

• Salary Circa £55000 (depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications) 

• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.   

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in     

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days     

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it 

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts 

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme 

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave 

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work 

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others 

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools 

• Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

Aviva is for everyone: 

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. 

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on 02045922145 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com