Senior Cyber Security Analyst
Utilities
Hybrid: 2-3 days per week in Taunton or Exeter
6 months+
£650 - £700 per day

In short: Classic Cyber Security Analyst required to join a major utilities company in SOC-related activities.

In full:

Reporting to the Senior Cyber Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for the development, delivery and support of new cyber security systems and processes within the department specialising in OT and Telecoms cyber security. You will also be a subject matter expert and a point of escalation for the business and cyber security analysts.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management and development of SIEM reports and dashboards.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments within IT & OT and resolve any identified vulnerabilities, in collaboration with system owners.
• Responsible for investigating and resolving security queries in relation to company systems.
• Evaluating security processes against benchmarks.
• Developing specific cyber security metrics/KPI's.
• Deliver service improvements, such as process automation, platform tuning and configuration management.
• Provide subject matter expertise in relation to cyber risks and threats.
• Respond to cyber security incidents.
• Identify cyber security training needs.
• Carry out forensics on systems and hardware as required.
• Monitoring and assessment of threat intelligence feeds.
• Analyse the output of various security reports and advise/escalate where required.
• Liaise with Business System owners on security matters.
• Participate in and manage penetration tests.

You should have an appropriate level of experience within an IT Environment, working with OT and cyber security. It would be advantageous to have or be working towards a recognised Cyber Security qualification such as OSCP, CISSP, CCNA Security etc. Experience and/or knowledge of OT/SCADA, Telecoms and control systems would be beneficial.

The successful candidate may initially be appointed on a designate basis and all candidates will be required to undertake and successfully complete a Security Check (SC).

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer.