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Lead Cyber Security Analyst (6 month FTC)

Simply Business
Greater London
2 weeks ago
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Here’s what you’ll be doing:When you join Simply Business, you’ll protect us from threat actors who attempt to evade our cyber defences. This is a hands-on technical position where you’ll play an important role in increasing the maturity of our Security Operations Centre (SOC).Additionally, you’ll need a strong drive and willingness to learn and grow. You’ll be in a rapidly evolving environment, which will bring new challenges and opportunities for growth on a regular basis. You’ll be empowered to develop and explore your unique passion for cyber security operations.In return we offer an extremely agile working environment with some of the latest technologies such as SASE, AI and with lots of automation. One of our main values is empowerment, and we offer the ability for people to drive significant change and really make a difference. Simply Business is a cloud-native company which is leading the way with its offerings in the InsureTech market.You will be reporting into Laura the Security Operations Manager, and working alongside an award winning team of 5 other analysts and 3 engineers with a diverse set of technical skills and backgrounds within cyber security.

As our Lead Cyber Security Analyst, you’ll:

develop and maintain the security incident response process, including all required supporting materials be technical escalation point for complex security incidents within the SOC team oversee and develop on incident response activities and ensure timely communication with internal and external stakeholders facilitate table tops and training for analysts including malware reverse engineering, threat intelligence and network and security log analysis be a Technical leader and mentor for our SOC analysts. Foster a high performing team of trained, knowledgeable cyber security professionals lead on improvements of our SOC services, including security monitoring, incident detection, analysis, and response establishing and documenting robust processes and workflows oversee the continuous improvement and development of security tools and technologies NDR, EDR,Vulnerability and Exposure Management, SIEM and SOAR work closely with business owners, to proactively identify and reduce cyber security threats and vulnerabilities

We’re looking for someone who is:

experienced in information security, with significant focus on security operations and incident response demonstrated senior experience within technical teams, preferably a security operations environment able to showcase a strong understanding of cyber security concepts, technologies, and best practices proven to manage and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including executive management experienced overseeing security tools and technologies (SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, vulnerability management) able to work with cloud environments exposure to threat modelling

(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role)Ready to join us and help us elevate our security practices? Apply today.About Simply BusinessWe insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades.We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. We’re a B Corp too, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, society and the environment.Why not check out our advert on YouTube:What are the benefits of working at Simply Business?We offer a greatwork-life balancewhere every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid. On top of the25 days annual leave(plus bank holidays), we offer leave that suits your needs. Plus the option tobuy five more days of holidaywith your flexible benefits. Ourflexible parental leaveallows you to approach an important time how you want – with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.Ourlife event leaveis an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And as a thank you to our long-serving employees we offer a two weekpaid sabbaticalafter five years of service, thenfour weeks offafter ten years of service.And our core benefits can put your mind at ease withprivate medical insurancethrough BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition. And ahealth cash planthat covers your everyday medical expenses.We also make sure you’re compensated fairly with acompetitive salary based on your experience and the market we’re in. Plus the potential to earn anannual bonusbased on performance.There’s access to the tools to support your personal development with programmes on ourdedicated learning platform. As well assupport for your mental healthwith access to counselling. We’ll match what you put into your pension up tofive per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that’s four times your basic salary with ourlife assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit schemeOursalary sacrifice car schemegives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service).And ourflexible benefitsscheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team? Apply today.

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