Cyber Defence Specialist

Pilgrims Europe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cyber defence company in Uxbridge seeks a Cyber Defence Specialist to take ownership of the European cyber defence roadmap and strategy. The successful candidate will manage cyber defence solutions, ensuring alignment with security governance while driving service excellence across IT. This role requires strong independent thinking, engaging communication, and problem-solving skills, and offers a competitive salary along with excellent benefits and 33 holiday days per year.

Benefits

Very competitive salary

Excellent healthcare benefits

33 holiday days each year

Free onsite parking

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Independent thinker with leadership qualities.
• Able to communicate with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Proficient in solving complex problems through collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and proactively managing European cyber defence solutions.
• Developing robust procedures to ensure cyber safe service excellence.
• Aligning cyber defence systems with security governance.

Skills

Independent thinking

Analytical thinking

Engaging communication

Problem solving

Innovative thinking

Job description

Job Title: Cyber Defence Specialist

Location: Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Purpose of the Role

You will be accountable all element of cyber defence. This role will be part of the IT Infrastructure team, within Pilgrim's Europe. This is an exciting new role being created to take ownership of the European cyber defence roadmap and strategy. This will be a challenging but varied role that will require you to use your tenacity, technical expertise and knowledge to balance strategic solution decisions with day to day cyber defence operations, you will need to be a mentor and escalation route for operational and project and issues. You will provide input into the technical direction of the group working with your peers and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Be responsible for maintaining and proactively managing the European portfolio of cyber defence solutions

Ensure robust procedures and practices are developed and maintained driving a culture of cyber safe service excellence

Take responsibility for cyber defence systems to ensure alignment to security governance

Develop and manage excellent service delivery, working with all teams across IT to maintain customer satisfaction

Work with Director of IT Operations, IT Infrastructure Manager and Head of Cyber Security to develop relationships with internal stakeholders

Take pro-active ownership of the Cyber Defence strategy, working closely with the internal stakeholders to create, align and execute for:

• Penetration Testing
• Security Operations Centre Management
• Endpoint Detection and Response
• Security Information Event Management
• Incident Response Plan
• Threat Hunting

Skills & Experience Required

Independent thinking, be a leader with a clear independent thorough process.

Ability to explain to finance and non-finance colleagues alike.

Able to find new solutions through analytical, interpretive and innovative thinking.

Engaging communication: your communication style will engage both financial and non-financial minds.

Problem solving; comfortable with ambiguity, you will collaborate to solve complex problems.

Energy and curiosity; you will bring curiosity, empathy and self-awareness.

Why work for us?

Very competitive salary

Excellent healthcare benefits, including access to a 24 / 7 GP service and physio sessions.

33 holiday days each year (25 days flexible booking with 8 bank holidays). Additionally we offer a holiday purchase scheme

Free onsite parking

Free will writing service

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave