IT Security Analyst

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking an IT Security Analyst to join our IT Security team at our Appleton Thorn site. Due to the location of our site, you will need to drive to get to and from. As IT Security Analyst you will work as part of a growing team, responsible for the Culina Group's IT Security you will play a key role in improving our security policies, procedures and technologies.,

• Manage our user security awareness platform and conduct regular dummy phishing campaigns.
• Develop and issue security advisory guidance to raise end user security awareness.
• Develop and maintain a wide range of security policies, procedures and standards.
• Maintain IT risk registers for each of our businesses, including tracking remediation activities.
• Produce monthly security dashboards to be shared with senior management in each business.
• Perform security audits of processes and technologies to ensure compliance with standards and risks are managed.
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders including the Security team, our SecOps (Security Operations) team, our outsourced SOC/SIEM provider and other colleagues across the IT department.
• Represent the Security team on projects and other new developments to ensure security is 'designed in' at the earliest stages.
• Regularly monitor the IT Security shared mailbox, addressing queries/requests where possible and escalating to other team members where appropriate.
• Investigate alerts issued by the SOC and escalate where appropriate.
• Review and address tickets assigned by the IT Service Desk to the Security team, escalating where appropriate.
• Coordinate the work of selected third parties (eg pen testers) to ensure they deliver requirements on time and to an acceptable standard.
• Provide incident response support / investigation, including mitigating actions to contain activity and facilitating forensics analysis when necessary.
• Assist with ensuring compliance across the business with the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act and Computer Misuse Act.
  
  This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm offering a competitive salary and package with the opportunity to work for a forward thinking market leader.