Cyber Security Analyst

Beta; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Beta in Belfast is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to strengthen our cyber protection for customers in a utility environment. The role is office-based with no remote or hybrid options; you will join a friendly team focused on safeguarding corporate systems and data.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in computer science or cyber security (or equivalent experience) and pursue security certifications, with hands-on experience in security controls, monitoring and incident response.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, cyber security or related discipline or equivalent professional experience
• Commitment to ongoing professional development, including working towards recognised security certifications

Responsibilities

• Support the development and review of the organisation's cyber security strategy and improvement roadmap in line with risk and regulatory requirements
• Coordinate self-assessments against CAF's four objectives: Managing Security Risk, Protecting Against Cyber Attack, Detecting Cyber Security Events, Minimising Impact of Incidents
• Identify gaps between current practice and CAF outcomes and help design remediation plans
• Support access management, endpoint, network and cloud security controls with IT/OT colleagues
• Deliver security awareness training, phishing simulations and communications to build a security culture

Skills

Cyber security

Endpoint protection

Firewalls

MFA

Patching

Backups

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Security monitoring

Education

Degree in CS or cyber security

Security certifications (ongoing)

Job description

Are you currently looking to change your current job and have experience in cyber security? If you are passionate about delivering excellent cyber protection for an organisation, then we want to hear from you!

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a friendly team in an industry leading utility company. You will be joining a team of people who are united in achieving our corporate objectives and who are willing to go the extra mile to deliver excellent service to our customers.

Please note this is an office based role. We cannot offer remote or hybrid working.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all ages and backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and ongoing review of the organisation's cyber security strategy and improvement roadmap, aligning priorities to business risk, regulatory requirements and good practice (such as NCSC guidance and ISO 27001).
• Carry out and help coordinate self-assessments against the CAF's four objectives (Managing Security Risk, Protecting Against Cyber Attack, Detecting Cyber Security Events, and Minimising Impact of Incidents) and their underlying principles.
• Identify gaps between current practice and CAF contributing outcomes and help design and implement practical remediation plans.
• Support access management, endpoint, network and cloud security controls, working closely with IT and OT colleagues.
• Help deliver security awareness training, phishing simulations and communications to build a strong security culture.

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Essential Qualifications

• A degree in computer science, cyber security or a related discipline or equivalent professional knowledge gained through substantial relevant professional experience
• A commitment to ongoing professional development, including working towards recognised security certifications

Essential Experience

• Experience in a cyber security, IT security or related technical role
• Hands-on experience of setting up or configuring basic cyber protection controls, such as endpoint protection, firewalls, multi-factor authentication, patching or backups
• Experience of supporting security monitoring, vulnerability management or incident response

What's in it for you?

• a competitive salary.
• opportunity to earn an annual on target bonus
• you will receive 22 days annual leave plus 11 bank holidays (this increases with length of service).
• hours of work are Monday to Friday (no contractual weekend work).
• enrollment into the Company pension scheme on commencement and upon meeting qualifying criteria the Company will match your pension contributions up to 6%.
• life assurance whist employed by the Company.
• enrollment into the private medical scheme on meeting eligibility criteria

Does this sound like you?

We hope you can say Yes to all of the characteristics below - they are in the DNA of all our fantastic employees. Are you someone who:

• Respects diversity and behaves in an inclusive manner.
• Has a can-do attitude.
• Can evolve and adapt quickly.
• Wants to deliver positive change to the customer and communities that we serve.
• Recognises that we can achieve more through teamwork.

If this sounds like you then we definitely want to hear from you!

A little more about us

We were established in 1996 to bring natural gas to the Greater Belfast area of Northern Ireland, where there was previously no natural gas distribution network.

Since 1996 local, national and international partnerships have delivered an investment of over £500 million into the Northern Ireland economy and the wider natural gas industry now provides employment to over 2,500 people. We continue to invest in infrastructure that currently has in excess of 262,000 domestic and business customers connected, and continues to grow at around 8,000 new customers each year.

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