Cyber Security Specialist - Hybrid working Warrington

Oliver James Associates Ltd.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Cyber Security Specialist to enhance its security framework and reduce exposure to cyber threats. The role involves managing various security technologies and ensuring compliance with industry standards. This hybrid position offers a great career opportunity to contribute towards IT service protection and alignment with regulatory practices.

Qualifications

• Subject Matter Expertise on cyber threats.
• Strong understanding of cyber security frameworks.
• Experience in security transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage security infrastructure including WAF, IDS, and logging.
• Ensure compliance with IT security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support strategic design of security control infrastructure.

Skills

Cyber threats and protections

Cyber security principles

Regulatory standards (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR)

Security transformation initiatives

Knowledge of Azure and cloud tools

ITIL processes

Network/directory/security technologies

Job description

Cyber Security Specialist - Hybrid working Warrington

We are looking for a Cyber Security Specialist to join an established and growing organisation,

The Cyber Operations Specialist plays a key role in reducing the organisation's exposure to cyber threats by supporting the strategic design of security control infrastructure, driving monitoring capabilities, and ensuring compliance with IT security policies.

Reporting to the Head of Cyber Operations, the role helps ensure that IT services are delivered in a way that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data. This includes aligning with regulatory requirements, shareholder expectations, and recognised best practices.

• Subject Matter Expertise on cyber threats and protections
• Oversight, management and design of the security infrastructure including WAF, Proxy, Email Gateway, Logging, Endpoint, IDS, IDP, etc.
• Strong understanding of cyber security principles, frameworks, and regulatory standards (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR)
• Experience working with security transformation initiatives
• Knowledge of Azure and native cloud tools
• Good knowledge of ITIL processes
• Understanding of network/directory/security technologies
• Understanding of secure proxy/email, federation, access management and endpoint technologies.

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