Cyber Intelligence Specialist

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking a Cyber Intelligence Specialist to enhance their cybersecurity posture. This role involves identifying and mitigating cyber threats, ensuring compliance with regulations, and collaborating with security partners. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape and relevant certifications. The company offers a hybrid working pattern and various employee benefits, promoting a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday up to 30 days

Pension contribution up to 10%

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

2 paid volunteering days

LinkedIn Learning access

Private Medical Insurance option

Discretionary annual bonus

Qualifications

• Understanding of the current cyber threat landscape.
• Proficiency in security incident response methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and mitigate cyber threats.
• Monitor security events and conduct incident response activities.
• Collaborate with third-party security partners.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Penetration Testing

Education

Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Job description

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Location: Bradford, Petersfield, Chatham or London

Working Pattern: Hybrid—typically 1 to 3 days a week in the office. Part-time or flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.

What We Offer:

• Holidays: 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service)
• Pension: We know it is important to save for the future, that is why we will contribute up to 10%
• Maternity/Paternity: We realise that family time is important, we offer enhanced maternity (after successful completion of probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave
• Volunteering: 2 paid days to ‘give back’ to the charity of your choice
• Development: LinkedIn Learning for all
• Finance: Snoop Premium available to all colleagues
• Medical: Opportunity to opt in for Private Medical Insurance
• Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus

The Role:

As our Cyber Intelligence Specialist, you will proactively identify, analyse, respond, and mitigate cyber threats that pose risks to Vanquis Banking Groups cybersecurity posture. This involves monitoring security events, conducting incident response activities, enhancing our threat detection capabilities, and ensuring compliance with policy, standards, and regulation.

Your contributions will directly impact our ability to protect sensitive data, maintain business continuity, and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

As a Cyber Intelligence Specialist, you will:

• Actively participate the delivery of services provided by the Cyber Intelligence Centre including by not limited to Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Posture Management, Cyber Security Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Penetration Testing & Red Team Testing, and Cyber Risk Mitigation.
• Incorporate threat intelligence into CIC activities.
• Collaborate and assist with the investigation and resolution of complex security incidents.
• Support the delivery of retrospective improvements based on incident analysis, RCAs and PIRs.
• Engage with third-party security partners to enhance and mature services.
• Maintain centralised processes across all VBG product lines, promoting synergy and efficiency.
• Stay updated on the latest cyber threats, attack vectors, and trends in the cybersecurity landscape.
• Continuously enhance skills in areas such as incident response, threat hunting, and the utilisation of threat intelligence.
• Support VBG’s compliance with Audit, Data Protection, PCI and other security standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• An understanding of the current cyber threat landscape.
• Awareness of various cyber threats, attack vectors, and common techniques.
• Proficiency in security incident response methodologies and best practices.
• Ability to handle and contain security incidents, including data breaches and malware infections.
• Basic knowledge of cyber threat intelligence concepts and their application to cyber operations activities.
• Previous experience participating in security monitoring and detection efforts.
• Should be working towards or have one or several the following certifications:
  • Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• IT expertise coupled with understanding of financial services and impacting laws and regulations.
• Any recognised IT, support or incident management / incident management framework qualifications or experience is desirable.

The interview process:

• 15-minute call with Talent Acquisition.
• 60-minute interview with the hiring team.
• Final interview with John Richmond – Head of Cyber Security Operations

Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references.

Who We Are:

At Vanquis, we have a simple purpose: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities. Established in 1880, we’re now a FTSE All Share company and leading specialist bank. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to over 1.75 million UK customers.

We take care of our colleagues as well as our customers, working hard to create a rewarding and supportive work environment. That means competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group-wide recognition scheme. Everyone can enrol in our pension and after six months, you can join our ‘Buy as You Earn’ scheme.

We’re about more than financial rewards though. We give everyone a voice in the business and room to be their authentic self. And we know you’re here to build your career, so we help every colleague with training and development opportunities. Making sure there’s always something new to learn.

Vanquis Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.

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