Senior Database Security Specialist

LUXOFT; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment bank in Greater London is seeking an experienced security professional to develop and maintain secure database configurations and conduct assessments. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years in database security, strong knowledge of enterprise technologies, and experience with cloud platforms. Collaboration with various teams and compliance with security regulations are crucial aspects of this role. The opportunity to grow within a motivating and friendly team is also provided.

Benefits

Professional environment

Career development training

Relaxation rooms for creative thinking

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in database security, cybersecurity engineering, or database administration.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise database technologies and security principles.
• Experience with encryption, secure configuration, and secure access controls.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their managed database offerings.
• Understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001.
• Experience in analyzing logs, alerts, and security events.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure configuration baselines and hardening standards for enterprise databases.
• Conduct database security assessments and technical risk evaluations.
• Implement and manage encryption and secure data-handling practices.
• Design and enforce strong authentication and authorization models.
• Deploy and optimize database activity monitoring tools.
• Investigate data-security incidents and provide expert input.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and support remediation planning.
• Ensure compliance with internal security controls and external regulations.
• Support cloud security initiatives for database services.
• Collaborate with teams to embed secure design principles.
• Produce documentation, security guidelines, and risk reports.

Skills

Database security

Cybersecurity engineering

Database administration

Encryption

Secure access controls

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Security frameworks (NIST, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001)

Log and alert analysis

Education

BSc. / MSc. in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Project description

Our customer is a top-tier investment bank with client assets of hundreds of billion globally.Reason to join us• We offer the opportunity to work in a highly professional environment where you will work with high-level financial instruments• We want you to be part of our success story and give you reasons to be proud of what you achieved as part of our fabulous team• We give you the opportunity to develop yourself and evolve in your career via our fantastic technical, business-related or soft skills training• We encourage creative-thinking in our great open-minded work environment. Frequently the relaxation rooms are the place where the most ambitions ideas are born.• We are not just professional teams, we are also friends that have fun working together• If you are an active person and you feel motivated by the creation/development of the software solutions, then this is the place to be, you will not get bored.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure configuration baselines and hardening standards for enterprise databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-native databases).
• Conduct database security assessments, architecture reviews, and technical risk evaluations for new and existing platforms.
• Implement and manage encryption, key management, and secure data‑handling practices across the Bank's data landscape.
• Design and enforce strong authentication, authorization, and privileged‑access models in collaboration with Identity & Access Management (IAM) teams.
• Deploy and optimize database activity monitoring (DAM) tools to detect and respond to unusual or unauthorized behavior.Investigate data‑security incidents and provide expert input into incident response activities.
• Perform vulnerability assessments, patch and configuration gap analysis, and support remediation planning.
• Ensure compliance with internal security controls and external regulations (ISO 27001, SOX, GDPR, NIST).
• Support cloud security initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for database services and certificate/secret management workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, application teams, and governance stakeholders to embed secure design principles.
• Produce clear documentation, security guidelines, risk reports, and recommendations for technical and business stakeholders.

SKILLS

Must have

• BSc. / MSc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in database security, cybersecurity engineering, or database administration.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise database technologies and security principles.
• Experience with encryption, secure configuration, and secure access controls.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their managed database offerings.
• Understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001.
• Experience in analyzing logs, alerts, and security events.

Nice to have

n/a