Band 6 Senior Digital Forensics and Incident - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Job summary:

This is a hands-on technical role which also requires operational management skills. We are looking for someone with a strong technical background and significant experience across all types of incident response.

This person will be one of the main escalation points for our SOC and an active member of purple team activities.


Main duties, tasks & skills required:

The Senior Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Specialist is responsible for leading and executing digital investigations and incident response activities.

The role requires expertise in computer forensics, network forensics, malware analysis, and incident response methodologies.

The Senior DFIR Specialist will work with other members of the security team to prevent, detect, and respond to security incidents across the organisation.


The post holder will be performing highly technical duties including system analysis, malware analysis, indicator extraction, signature development, log review and network traffic analysis, threat intelligence.

You will be expected to analyse forensic data, determine root cause and develop a timeline for incident response activities, articulating findings in technical detail as well as at an executive summary level.

You will evaluate and improve the effectiveness of incident response policies and programs in use.


The role will be responsible in providing proactive threat detection and response capabilities across a vast technology environment encompassing both traditional on-premises and cutting-edge cloud native assets.


The postholder will play a key operational role in the development, management, and continuous improvement of the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) services.


About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.


UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.


Job description:

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:


Essential:


  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) qualification or equivalent experience
  • Memberships and participation in relevant professional associations

Desirable:


  • Formal certification in any of the following Incident Handler, Ethical Hacker, Intrusion Analyst, Forensic Analyst

Experience:


Essential:


  • Demonstrated experiences in cyber
- security threats, vulnerabilities, controls and remediation strategies in global enterprise environments.

  • Experience in developing procedures, policies, processes and playbooks
  • Strong understanding of forensics tools and procedures
  • Solid grasp of any of the following security frameworks; NCSC; NIST,

ISO:
2700- Hands on experience delivering, maintaining and maturing business continuity management systems


Desirable:


  • Endpoint and networkbased analysis.
  • Understanding of compliance requirements and how these relate to cyber security business practices and controls

Additional Criteria:


Essential:


  • Comfortable presenting to executive and senior leadership.
  • Strong collaborative skills to enable success across multiple regions and levels.
  • Exhibits initiative and follows through with commitments.
  • Ability to work and prioritise under pressure.
  • Advanced degree of resourcefulness and initiative
  • Excellent communications skills, both written and spoken
  • Ability to remain calm and collected throughout the management and handson activities of a security incident
  • Ability to manage time and work to deadlines with strong prioritisation skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams
  • Willingness to learn, question
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