Remote Lead Cyber Security Analyst (6 month FTC) in Blackburn

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 e.g. 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

Ready to join us and help us elevate our security practices? Apply today.

About Simply Business: We 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.

What are the benefits of working at Simply Business? We offer a great work-life balance where every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid. On top of the 25 days annual leave.