Senior IT Security Officer

We are recruiting for a Senior IT Security Officer on a permanent basis. The role is to develop, implement, and maintain robust security controls to mature/improve the security capabilities within the IT Security, Compliance, and Identity function. This role ensures the protection of assets, systems, and data from internal and external threats, whilst driving continuous improvement in security controls.

As a Senior IT Security Officer, you will need to have/be:

• Skills:

• Security Operations: Providing expert guidance on live security incidents and helping conduct robust investigations to identify corrective actions and see them through to completion.
• Threat Intelligence: Provide guidance on proactive threat identification, analysis, and mitigation. Skilled in actionable intelligence, industry sources, and general awareness of the threat landscape.
• Vulnerability Assessment: Identifying and classifying security vulnerabilities in networks, systems, and applications and mitigating or eliminating their impact.
• Risk Management: Ability to identify IT security risks and deliver audit remediation activities.
• Emerging Technology Monitoring: Ability to gather and assess information on new and emerging technologies, products, services, methods, and techniques.

• Knowledge of IT Service Frameworks, methodologies, and best practices such as ITIL v4 and Agile.
• Knowledge of day-to-day activities and best practices within a SOC.
• Knowledge of technical security such as firewalls, network security groups, and access controls.

• Experience enhancing security posture and evolving capabilities via continual service improvement.
• Experience of working on live cyber incidents and the remediation actions.
• Experience of partnering with supplier teams for managed services delivery of improvements.
• Experience across the full IT security spectrum (software, servers, infrastructure, and networks).
• Experience implementing secure systems.
• Experience working with system architectures, displaying a strong understanding of the impact of vulnerabilities on varied systems.

Details:

• Salary: £38,500 - £52,000
• Working Hours: Full time Monday - Friday
• Location: Birmingham/Hybrid
• Duration: Permanent

Role of Senior IT Security Officer:

• Support in the management of the Security Operations, establishing and delivering methods and tools to provide value and reduce risk across proactive monitoring, incident response, threat management, and vulnerability management.
• Maintain operational security processes and ensure that all requests for support are dealt with, investigating security breaches where necessary.
• Support monitoring of the external security environment, gathering information on emerging threats to the business and presenting them to leaders where required.
• Plan vulnerability assessment and penetration testing activities within IT, providing expert advice where necessary in the review of vulnerability assessment tools and techniques.
• Contribute to risk management initiatives by providing expert technical advice in risk assessments, implementation of risk mitigations, and ensuring compliance with security policies and standards.
• Manage improvement activity within the external Security Operations Centre, and act as an escalation for complex or sensitive situations.
• Manage the design, delivery, maintenance, and continuous improvement of IT Security Ops capabilities in line with business needs.
• Promote the Security, Compliance & Identity function to develop and enhance the team profile to develop enduring relationships with stakeholders and teams.
• Develop and maintain security incident playbooks and guidance.

Benefits of working as a Senior IT Security Officer:

• A competitive pension scheme, with up to 12 per cent employer contributions.
• A starting salary that reflects your skills and experience.
• A cash allowance in lieu of benefits, which means you can choose which benefits are right for you and your family.
• Core company funded benefits such as life assurance, income protection, and health cash plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Access to tax-efficient voluntary benefits scheme & retail, health, leisure, and travel offers.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
• Financial and health well-being programmes.