Cyber Security Specialist

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

Flexible location – Glasgow, Ipswich, London, Northampton or Selby

Permanent, full time

Closing date: Monday 12th May 2025

Who we are

We’re not just talking about making a difference, we’re making it happen. We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stable energy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambition to become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals.

You’ll be joining our teams of practical doers, future thinkers and business champions. We’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet for generations to come.

About the role

As a Cyber Security Specialist, you’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining cybersecurity products. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the products meet the highest security standards and address customer needs.

You’ll play a critical role in incident response, swiftly investigating and mitigating security breaches to minimize their impact and proactively monitor and detect emerging threats and communicate findings to stakeholders.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing security policies, procedures, and standards to safeguard the organisation's data and systems.
• Conducting regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and recommend appropriate actions.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Protecting systems by defining access privileges, control structures, and resources.
• Implement and maintain security controls.
• Providing incident response in the event of a security incident or breach.
• Monitoring systems and networks for intrusions, attacks and unusual activity.
• Keeping up to date with the latest security and technology developments and research/evaluate emerging cyber security threats and ways to manage them.

Product Development: Design and develop cybersecurity products, including software and hardware solutions.

Implementation: Participate in product and project implementation, coordinating new installations, designs, and migrations for security technology and solutions.

Configuration and Support: Install, configure, and upgrade cybersecurity products. Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for customers.

Compliance: Monitor compliance with applicable codes, best practices, security standards, and specifications.

Collaboration: Work with vendors and internal teams to resolve issues and ensure successful product deployment.

Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of product designs, configurations, and support procedures.

Security Testing: Planning and executing security testing activities, including SAST/DAST/IAST, penetration testing, fuzz testing, and vulnerability scanning, to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls and identify weaknesses.

Security Architecture: Assisting in designing and implementing secure application architectures, including authentication mechanisms, access controls, encryption, and secure communication protocols.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll have experience in incident management processes and tools, as well as working with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for integrating security solutions.

This role also requires experience of key cybersecurity controls such as Anti-malware, EDR/XDR/NDR, SIEM, Email and Web Security, Vulnerability Management, SOAR/automation. Additionally, you’ll have an understanding of common cybersecurity threats and mitigation techniques with a keen interest in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date.

Strong general IT skills and a good understanding of IT Infrastructure, including Windows laptops and servers, cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure/Office 365/AWS, networking and firewall is also key for this role.

Rewards and benefits

As you help us to shape the future, we’ve shaped our rewards and benefits to help you thrive and support your lifestyle:

• Competitive salary
• 15% on-target discretionary group performance-based bonus
• 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
• Single cover private medical insurance
• Pension scheme

We’re committed to making a tangible impact on the climate challenge we all face. Drax is where your individual purpose can work alongside your career drive. We work as part of a team that shares a passion for doing what’s right for the future. With Drax you can shape your career and a future for generations to come.

Together, we make it happen.

At Drax, we’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of their role. To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background.

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