We are looking for a Cyber Security Specialist to join the team of a well-established organisation on a permanent basis in the heart of Birmingham. This role is offering hybrid working, career progression and a great opportunity to gain more experience in this sector.


Cyber Security Specialist
Mon- Fri
Birmingham based (hybrid working)
Permanent
£63000k per annum

The key responsibilities of this Cyber Security Specialist role are:

Set policies, standards and guidelines for how the organisation conducts security operations across the business and ensures alignment. Develop & establish supplier chain security agreements / contracts / questionnaires and manage completion and disengagement. Lead reviews of governance practices with appropriate and sufficient independence from management activity. Ensure architectural security principles are applied during project design to reduce risk. Drives adoption and adherence to policy, standards and guidelines. Design, architect and deliver security aspects within projects and provide expert assurance for secure implementation. Technical knowledge and broad hands-on experience of working with security technologies such as the Microsoft XDR stack (Microsoft Defender), vulnerability management tools (Nessus and Rapid 7), SIEMs (Azure Sentinel), Powershell automation etc. Experience of overseeing and leading remediation of security assessments, technical testing, and vulnerability analysis including Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, and NIST CSF. Experience in incident response and overseeing improvement actions such as development and tuning of security monitoring, alerting, and reporting.

The benefits of this Cyber Security Specialist role are:

24 days holiday plus bank holidays Employment discount schemes on retail brands/ gym memberships Cycle to work scheme Career progression opportunities Hybrid working ( 3x days onsite, 2x work from home)
We would be really interested in speaking to anyone who has been a Cyber security officer, IT Security specialist, IT security consultant.

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