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Cyber Security Operations Principal Specialist

Employer
Certes
Location
Portsmouth
Salary
£41555 - £51805 per annum + Pension, Flexible Working
Closing date
26 Dec 2022

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Clearance Level
None / Undisclosed
Sector
Cyber Security
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Cyber Security Operations Principal Specialist
Role: Perm
Start: ASAP
Salary: £41,555.00 - £51,805.00
Potential to work remote with up to 2 days on site in Portsmouth

Purpose of Job:

Reporting to the Cyber Security Operations Manager, the role holder will support the delivery and enforcement of the cyber security operations plan.

This role is a key member of the Cyber Security Operations team who is responsible for carrying out day to day cyber security-related duties such as responding to security incidents, and reporting threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks on the systems. They will also liase with technical specialists within IS, other departments, and external partners to agree on appropriate operational Cyber Security measures to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data.

The post holder will advise on cyber security and cyber security risk matters in liaison with our Security Operations Centre.

The post holder will also be required to advise and offer guidance on existing security arrangements and in the specification, design and implementation of new services.

The post holder must ensure that they keep up to date with developments in best practice, standards, and technologies within the sector and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Carry out operational security tasks, as directed by the Cyber Security Operations Manager, to support the strategic and operational goals.
2. Support and ensure delivery against the cyber security operational plan.
3. Be required to lead on the implementation of work packages related to the Cyber Security Improvement Programme.
4. Support the development and delivery of the cyber incident response plan.
5. Be an active member of the Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CIRT) and support the incident response and recovery activities.
6. Be a subject matter expert in cyber security threats, vulnerability management, and incident response.
7. Promote a cyber security culture across the institution, raising awareness and increasing the understanding of security through the application of policy and practice. Ensuring that this is articulated in a way that is understandable to a non-technical audience.
8. You will be expected to support your line manager and the team in its activities when required, you will also aim to help develop junior team members.
9. Provide clear and actionable reporting, metrics and dashboards regarding security operations
10. Follow the IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Framework.
11. Work closely with our external Security Operations Centre. Take a lead on the monitoring, response and prioritisation of incidents raised.
12. Work closely with auditors or other security-related third parties to address Cyber Security issues e.g. Janet CSIRT.
13. Lead on threat tracking and assessment, recommend mitigations, remediation or advise on acceptance of cyber security vulnerabilities based on internal and external capabilities, assessments and penetration tests.
14. Attend the IS Security Monthly Review, as required, feed into the risk log and monthly security report.
15. Build and maintain a strong working relationship with vendors and partners.
16. Advise stakeholders to help them understand and establish acceptable levels of risk, and proactively reduce the potential for incidents.
17. Support the line manager with any relevant analysis or subject matter expertise required to produce operational or project budgets.
18. Support and advise on cyber security requirements for the development and delivery of new IT services.

Must Haves: -

* Experience of Security Analysis on Antimalware Platforms
* Ability to recognise what is happening with security alerts
* Able to work with SOC provider
* Experience of a Broad range of Tech Windows, Linux, Macs etc
* Experience of Sisco Networking
* Knowledge of security tools
* Experience of Vulnerability Malware, Patching Platforms, EDR, MDR solutions
* Ability to take and comprehend instructions
* Logical, Analytical and a cool head under pressure

Certes Computing (and all of its subsidiary companies) is committed to promoting equality and diversity in its business operations.

Company

Here at Certes we are recruitment specialists within the IT careers workplace with a broad and diverse capability to support all recruitment and staffing needs. Getting the right people on board is key to any successful business – our business is to make this happen. With a 30 year successful track record delivering a UK wide IT careers service, we base our business processes and staff delivery around firm best practice, recognised quality procedures and a commitment to continuous development and improvement.  

Having a broad and diverse capability, yet retaining inherent flexibility, means we are as comfortable at supporting an IT careers and comms staffing service for large private sector businesses or public bodies via structured framework agreements, as we are providing highly focused skill specific recruitment support to small IT users looking for highly specialist skills.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01675 468 968
Location
Certes Computing, 3 The Courtyard
Roman Way
Coleshill
Warwickshire
B46 1HQ
GB

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