Summary: The Security Specialist role focuses on incident response and requires a subject matter expert with hands-on IT security analysis and engineering experience. The position involves operational support, including on-call duties, and emphasizes a risk-based approach to IT security across the organization. The candidate will work in a hybrid environment, spending two days in the office, and will be responsible for monitoring and developing security controls in cloud and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct hands-on IT Security analysis and engineering, securing systems, networks, and infrastructure.
• Provide operational support, including on-call experience.
• Engage in intrusion detection, malware analysis, forensics, and incident response in cloud/hybrid environments.
• Monitor, tune, and develop IT Security controls and frameworks.
• Adopt a risk-based approach to IT Security across the business.
• Collaborate with the IT Security team to design, implement, and maintain security measures.
• Prepare for, identify, and remediate cyber threats.
• Operate and maintain IT Security controls related to SIEM, DLP, Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Threat Intelligence.
• Deliver IT Security projects from concept to operation.
• Collaborate effectively to drive key security objectives.
• Produce documentation and reports for technical and business audiences.
• Exhibit strong time management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of Firewalls, TCP/IP, IPS, DLP, proxies, SIEM, and Endpoint Protection software.

Key Skills:

• Hands-on IT Security analysis and engineering experience.
• Experience in intrusion detection, malware analysis, forensics, and incident response.
• Working knowledge of cloud environments, particularly AWS.
• Ability to monitor, tune, and develop IT Security controls.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Excellent documentation and report writing skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Expert knowledge of Firewalls, TCP/IP, IPS, DLP, proxies, SIEM, and Endpoint Protection software.

Salary (Rate): 700

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT