Cyber Continuity Management Specialist

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Newport; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Wales is seeking an experienced Cyber Continuity Management Specialist. The role involves developing strategies to ensure cyber operations continuity during disruptions, conducting risk assessments, and fostering a culture of awareness throughout the organization. This key position focuses on maintaining cyber resilience and ensuring the availability of critical cyber assets.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension contribution scheme

14x salary life insurance

'Choices' flexible benefit scheme

Access to Financial Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced pay for parental leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business continuity or cyber security roles.
• Experience in a disaster recovery role or similar.
• Strong understanding of cyber threats and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cyber continuity plans.
• Conduct risk assessments and Business Impact Analysis.
• Collaborate with IT and business continuity teams.

Skills

Business Continuity Planning

Incident Response Planning

Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Knowledge of Cyber Threats

Education

ISO 22301 Certification

ITIL v4 Foundation

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Continuity Management Specialist for a market leading business based in South Wales. You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to ensure the continuity of cyber operations in the face of disruptions, incidents or emergencies. This role involves assessing risks, developing cyber continuity plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain the company's cyber resilience.

Reporting to the Cyber Incident Response Manager, this is a key role developing and implementing effective cyber continuity plans, conducting testing and fostering a culture of awareness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain cyber continuity plans to ensure the availability and resilience of critical cyber assets and functions.
• Design the technical and business and technical architecture for cyber continuity, including infrastructure, applications, communications and business processes
• Responsible for assessing and auditing the control effectiveness of recovery and continuity capabilities.
• Collaborate with IT, security, internal audit and business continuity teams to align business continuity efforts with overall organisational resilience.
• Conduct risk assessments specific to business continuity, identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities.
• Analyse the impact of cyber incidents on business processes and prioritise mitigation efforts.
• Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify critical cyber assets and determine their impact on business operations.

Qualifications:

• ISO 22301 related qualification or certification.
• ITIL v4 foundation or higher
• Proven experience in business continuity or cyber security roles, with a focus on business continuity planning.
• Experience of working in a disaster recovery role or similar
• Strong knowledge of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incident response planning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Pension - 5% employee contribution, doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan

• "Choices" flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme
• Enhanced pay for parental leave

Please get in touch for further details!

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.*

'Yolk Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Yolk Recruitment Limited is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and experience can apply