Associate Security Consultant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Pen Test Partners
Description
Pen Test Partners is an innovative and dynamic thinking organisation committed to providing a supportive environment, where our people can not only thrive but actively participate in shaping PTP's culture and direction.
With over 120 employees across pen testing, consultancy, digital forensics, sales and support functions, we pride ourselves in attracting the right people and providing them with the environment to develop and perform at their best. Going the extra mile to work on cool research, publish and promote expert cyber security knowledge and deliver outstanding work for our customers, all in support of our industry.
We have ambitious plans and therefore are growing our team and seeking an experienced Information Security Consultant to expand their skills and join our experienced team.
Role:
The primary objectives of the Associate Security Consultant are to deliver Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus engagements, while working to develop Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) skills with the consultancy team.
Key Responsibilities:
As part of this role, the Associate Security Consultant will be able to deliver a variety of security engagements. Tasks include but are not limited to:
• Liaising with clients during introductory calls and defining scope of engagements.
• Delivery of Cyber Essentials services both remotely and onsite.
• Working with consultancy team to shadow engagement, to develop GRC skills.
• Providing specific services to support wider cross team engagements within the business including pre-sales scoping.
• Working with the team to continuously develop and improve the consultancy service catalogue.
Skills/Knowledge:
Core Skills
• At least 2 years' experience in a 1st / 2nd Line support role including:
• Client facing experience working with end user device support on laptop/PC and mobile.
• Working with on-premises, co-location IT deployments.
• Exposure to security devices and services such as Firewall, IDS, Anti-Malware, Monitoring systems, Helpdesk & Change Management, patch management, network, and wireless management.
• Knowledge of common TCP and UDP ports (.e.g., SSH, SMTP, HTTP/s, SMB, LDAP, SNMP etc.)
• Experienced in report production and client facing communication.
Desirable Skills
• Use of vulnerability platforms such as Qualys, Tenable or similar, to scan, detect and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Exposure to supporting compliance activity in current role (such as CE+, PCI or ISO27001)
(Opportunities will be provided to shadow other team members to develop skills in new areas as the role develops).
Requirements:
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision whilst maintaining team ethics.
• Client oriented, able to communicate with all levels of an organisation with appropriate technical content.
• Excellent technical presentation and reporting skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to communicate detailed technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to work with other team members, to share experience and develop their skills.
• Able of working to strict deadlines and prioritising.
• Willingness to travel.
Development
Knowledge development is part of our culture. We take professional development seriously and as member of the team you will receive:
• 24 development days per year.
• Time to go to conferences and seminars.
• Access to internal workshops and training platforms.
• Paid training & exams.
• Access to our blog bounty programme.
General
You'll be working from home, though some onsite travel to client sites (including international) may be required. Although we are a remote working company, we pay for our teams to meet regularly throughout the year holding local and company meet ups.
As an employee you'll also have access to:
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays.
• Private Medical Insurance and Healthcare Benefit.
• Group personal pension.
• EV car scheme.
• Financing for training and conference attendance.
• An environment where you can flourish, learn, and grow, as a person not just as an employee.
This is a UK role, so you must reside and be eligible to work in the UK.