Cyber Security Manager

Two Circles; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sports consultancy in London is looking for a Cyber Security Manager responsible for ensuring security operations and compliance with frameworks like ISO 27001 and GDPR. This role involves leading daily cyber security tasks, improving security tools, and engaging with clients. Candidates should have expertise in Azure security tooling and experience in operational security roles. The company offers a competitive benefits package, including private healthcare and discretionary bonuses.

Benefits

Discretionary Bonus

Private healthcare

Gym membership contribution

Qualifications

• Experience in incident management and response.
• Proficient with GDPR and ISO 27001 frameworks.
• Broad knowledge of cloud network technologies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operational security tasks across multiple areas.
• Help design and deliver improved security tooling.
• Support technology teams in keeping information security infrastructure updated.

Skills

Incident management

Threat hunting

Security monitoring

Azure security tooling

Communication of technical concepts

Tools

Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance

Azure Security Centre

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Overview

As Cyber Security Manager at Two Circles, you play a key role in keeping our systems, people and data safe from external and internal threats by focusing on incident detection, response and remediation; threat hunting; security monitoring; continual improvement and providing technical assurance for solution design and changes. This will include maintaining and improving our security posture in tandem with GRC practices and policies as they evolve to align with current and future standards and frameworks, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, as well as applicable legislation, including GDPR and UK DPA, working closely with our Legal and Privacy as well as the wider Technology team. Internally-facing, you will lead day to day cyber security operations and project based work. You will help train and upskill your fellow Two Circlers on topics such security awareness, OWASP Top 10 and Security by Design, as well as understanding and feeding into their processes and workflows, to keep good security practice on the agenda. Externally, this role will also engage with our fascinating clients as appropriate to support their security assurance needs, as well as our technology partners and suppliers to ensure their alignment with our security approach and requirements. Internally, you will be responsible for our Security Operations activities with our operational team and external partners, including Incident Response and Threat Intelligence, to ensure these are executed consistently to our standards, as well as supporting Continual Security Improvement and being the Tech Ops representative in the GRC working group. As a fast growing organisation, with multiple offices across the globe, we are on a journey to standardize our security tools and infrastructure across the group, and this role will play a key part in aligning on best practice, and delivering improvements in our security posture. We are looking for a team player, who can work with our technology leaders to develop and implement cybersecurity policy, process and technology. This person will have hands on knowledge of working in a cyber security team, in both a operational and ideally project delivery role, and is looking for their next step.

Key Responsibilities

• Assuring day-to-day execution of operational security tasks across multiple areas including threat and vulnerability management, anti-virus management, security monitoring etc.
• Helping design and deliver improved security tooling across all areas of cyber security (DR design and testing, End user tooling, SIEM tooling and event ingestion etc.)
• Supporting the Technology team to keep information security infrastructure up to date with emerging threats and vulnerabilities, including advising on architecture and design of internal and client-facing solutions
• Operationalising and ensuring delivery of security policy, standards and procedures
• Providing technical expertise towards compliance initiatives and programmes e.g. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR
• Technical aspects of vendor and partner security reviews
• Increasing the levels of understanding of Information Security with end users, leading to improved user interactions and overall experience with our team
• Thinking of and implementing new ways to automate and improve security across the business
• Protecting the data entrusted to us by our clients at all times

Requirements

• Managing technical risks and proposing solutions and recommendations
• Security Operations procedures, i.e. Incident management and response
• Configuring, optimising and reporting with Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance modules, including Defender, Security Centre, Protection, Compliance Centre
• Experience of both cyber operational roles, but experience of having delivered security change projects/programmes
• Experience with GDPR/UK Data Protection, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 frameworks
• Azure security tooling including Security Centre, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, WAF, Security Lake, CloudTrail
• Able to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts in discussions with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Broad knowledge around network technologies (especially cloud) and technical security
• Configuring and maintaining endpoint security technologies (AV, firewall, encryption, email protection, web filtering)
• Awareness of architectural principles for technical solution design, e.g. Zero Trust, least privilege RBAC, Security by Design, PAM, Segregation of Duties
• Data Protection and DLP

Experience with the following would also be beneficial

• NIST, SOC2 and additional compliance and regulatory frameworks
• Project Management and technical delivery
• Experience of, or a keen interest in, the business of sport

Benefits

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 for a 'Big Life Event', +1 Well-being Day, and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2x annual kit drops