Cyber Security Technician

Campion Pickworth; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist bank in London is seeking a Cyber Security Technician to join their Cyber and Information Security team. This hybrid role involves ownership of Data Loss Prevention controls, threat hunting, and interfacing with managed SOC/SIEM alerts. The ideal candidate should possess a relevant qualification and a strong interest in cyber security, complemented by hands-on experience with cloud security systems. This is an excellent opportunity for someone ambitious looking to advance their career in information security.

Qualifications

• Technical qualification related to cloud or cyber security is required.
• Candidates must have a strong interest in information/cyber security.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security administration is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data Loss Prevention controls and automated policies.
• Be the first point of contact for SOC/SIEM security alerts.
• Maintain and improve cyber reporting.

Skills

Strong interest in information/cyber security

Experience crafting queries from a SOC/SIEM platform

Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, CE+, CIS, ISO)

Education

Relevant technical or cyber security qualification

Tools

Azure

Defender for Cloud

AWS

Job description

Our client, a specialist bank, is looking to recruit a Cyber Security Technician within their London office, with hybrid working. This is a new role, working with the Cyber and Information Security team to enhance the banks security capability and strengthen its ability to safeguard company information and client data. The ideal candidate will be ambitious and keen to build a career in information security.

Role Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls and automated policies (Azure, O365 & Defender for Cloud)
• Responsibility for all threat hunting activity within the bank
• First point of contact for managed SOC/SIEM security alerts to ensure the service notifications are actioned appropriately
• Working with the external SOC to fine tune detections
• Responding to virus and cyber alert warnings in collaboration with Infrastructure IT
• Maintaining the Cyber 3rd party risk assessment processes and software
• Assisting the Cyber Security team to manage the groups programs to maintain its Cyber accreditations/ certificates
• Tracking progress of corrective cyber and information security impacted control action plans
• Maintaining and improving cyber reporting

The successful candidate will have:

• A relevant technical (cloud) or information/cyber security qualification
• Strong interest in information/cyber security
• Working knowledge and/or experience of security frameworks such as: NIST, CE+, CIS and ISO
• Experience crafting queries and managing alerts from a SOC/SIEM platform
• Hands on cloud security and Data Loss Management administration experience (Azure, Defender for Cloud & AWS)