IT Security Operations Engineer in Bristol

Help us keep our systems secure, resilient and trusted. At Nisbets, technology plays a critical role in how we serve our customers and support our colleagues. As our IT Security Operations Engineer, you'll help protect our business by monitoring, maintaining and continuously improving the security controls that keep our systems, data and users safe. This is a hands-on role where you'll work across a wide range of security technologies, investigating threats, responding to incidents and helping strengthen our overall security posture.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Applications, Service Management, project teams and the wider security community, you'll play an important role in safeguarding our technology environment and ensuring compliance with key security standards. You won't just be responding to alerts. You'll help improve security controls, reduce risk, strengthen governance and contribute to the ongoing development of our cyber security capabilities across the business.

Where you'll work

The role is based at our Fourth Way office in Avonmouth. As a hands-on operational security position, you'll work closely with colleagues across the business and participate in out-of-hours incident response activities when required. Hybrid working available following an initial training period.

What you'll get to work on

• Monitor and investigate security alerts from internal tools and managed security providers.
• Coordinate the response to security incidents, supporting containment, remediation and recovery activities.
• Investigate phishing attempts, suspicious emails and emerging cyber threats.
• Configure, maintain and improve security technologies across our IT estate.
• Support the implementation of new security solutions, controls and enhancements.
• Manage vulnerability scanning activities and work with system owners to remediate findings.
• Support penetration testing and security assessments, ensuring actions are tracked through to completion.
• Help strengthen identity and access management through MFA, least privilege and privileged access controls.
• Contribute to maintaining our Information Security Management System (ISMS) and security certifications.
• Support internal and external audits, providing technical evidence and security expertise.
• Work with suppliers and technology partners to assess and manage security risks.
• Deliver security awareness activities including phishing simulations and colleague education programmes.
• Provide practical security guidance to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What you'll bring

We don't expect you to know everything, but you'll need a strong foundation in:

• Cyber security operations, security monitoring and incident response.
• Security technologies such as EDR/XDR, vulnerability management and identity security.
• Endpoint, server, network, cloud and SaaS security concepts.
• Investigating security alerts, vulnerabilities and technical issues.
• Security best practice, risk management and operational security controls.
• Producing clear technical documentation and communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• Prioritising workloads, managing competing demands and working independently when required.

It would be great if you also have experience with:

• ISO 27001 environments and information security governance.
• GDPR, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials and NCSC guidance.
• Vulnerability management and penetration test remediation.
• Third-party, supplier or cloud security assessments.
• ITIL service management principles.
• Industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft Security, CISSP, CISM or CEH.

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again. We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you. If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.

Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.