Information Security Technical Led

Canary Wharf
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Information Security Technical Lead

Information Security Technical Lead / Cyber Security Advisor - Hybrid - Canary Wharf - circa £80,000 plus 10% bonus and yearly salary review to 10% (circa £88,000 package) plus great benefits.

Global client has a new opportunity for an Information Security Technical Lead / Cyber Security Advisor to work closely with the Information Security leadership team to develop security strategies and plans to enforce security requirements, research, design, propose and lead the implementation of information and cyber security controls and technologies, developing and defining security policies, processes, standards and improvements, ensuring alignment with global policies including strategic, tactical and project plans with an understanding of information risk concepts and principles. Your primary duties and responsibilities are to research the market at a technical level, evaluate new threats advising on any extra controls to counter these and lead RFP processes for tool identification, selection, including developing business cases for security investments whist working with the Project Manager to plan and run PoC's associated with new controls and technologies. You will work with different global security teams from other regions to identify security requirements using methods that may include risk and business impact assessments and business system analysis.

You will act as an escalation point and technical lead when troubleshooting the output of monitoring activities carried out by the Security Team, these findings need to be monitored and an action plan must be prepared, you will then be required to plan follow up actions which will be carried out by the team. You will work closely with the Infrastructure, Support and Information Security teams implement technical controls providing guidance in the coordination and completion of Information Security operations documentation, collaborate on IT projects to ensure that security issues are addressed throughout the project life cycle and work with the team to perform vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses and recommend remedial action

As the Information Security Technical Lead you are required so show demonstrable knowledge and appreciation of the current IT threats and security measures available, this require a combination of good business awareness and technical IT knowledge with a minimum of 4 years experience of combined IT and security work experience with a broad range of exposure to systems analysis, application development and network infrastructure.

You will have some of the appropriate technical certifications such as CISSP, CESG Certified Professional (CCP), ISACA, CISM) and ideally have experience with Information Security management frameworks, such as ISO2700x, ITIL, COBIT or NIST or Cyber Security accreditations. Working knowledge of security tools used in the organisation such as Trend Micro, Windows Defender, Proofpoint, Zscaler and Rapid7 is desirable.

This is a superb career opportunity with an organisation that offers a salary of circa £80,000 plus bonus upto 10%, salary review to 10%, hybrid, and a great benefits package that includes: Pension (NYK contribute 7% of salary (up to a max of 10% based on employee contributions), Healthcare, Employee Assistance Programme / Interest free travel season ticket loan (upon completion of probation / Gym Membership / Medical cover / Health Cash Plan etc.

This role is commutable from London, Home counties, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Oxfordshire

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