Senior Security Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Pimento Connection

Pimento Connection

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

London/UK Hybrid

Our customer is looking for a Senior Security Specialist, who possesses an excellent understanding of technical, supply chain, insider threat and behavioural security.

You may manage and lead others to protect our customer, its people and customers against cyber-attacks, implementing best security practices and controls, and collaborating with others across the whole team to ensure that security is built into everything wedo.

Key Accountabilities:

Security consultancy and bid support
Security Risk, Policy & Governance
Identify & improve cyber security risk controls, risk indicators & risk mitigation projects. Ensure Cyber Essentials requirements are met & ISO27001 accreditation. Update & maintain security policies, procedures & processes.

Liaise with industry partners and suppliers.

Security Vulnerability & Compliance management

- manage security tools and vendors ensuring we get value for money and effective configuration/support, vulnerability scanning and remediation, external pen testing and security compliance/assurance.

Operational security, incident response and threat management

- implement effective cloud, operational & access security controls. Operational security assurance lead. Proactive threat & incident management (CSIRT type function). Monitor threat intelligencesources and take appropriate action. Undertake proactive threat hunting. Maintain incident response procedures and playbooks and lead on incident response simulation exercises

May manage or lead others, either directly or matrix management.
Maintain general awareness of security technologies, tools, emerging threats, trends and issues, understanding how they impact our Cyber security posture and information confidentiality, integrity and availability
Assist with the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness training for colleagues
Prepare management reports for various audiences

Skills & Experience:

5 or more years' experience in a security related role, preferably two or more of IT security, operational security, security design/architecture, security risk management and compliance
Demonstrable security experience of endpoints, systems and networks and the security tools and systems used to manage them
Experience of Cyber Essentials and ISO2700
Ability to communicate at all levels written, virtual and face to face
Ability to effectively plan and organise daytoday and weekly activity
Proactive, 'cando' attitude
Good analytical and problemsolving skills
Excellent collaboration skills working with others inside and outside the company
Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
Highly selfmotivated and directed
Ability to build rapport and relationships with all levels of internal and external colleagues and customers