Cyber Security Specialist

Overview

Cyber Security Specialist

This position is four days onsite from the client’s London office each week.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure IT network and security infrastructure capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Provide BAU infrastructure support and assist the IT support desk duties when requested by the IT Team Leader.
• Infrastructure administration and project management using existing tools.
• Work closely with and monitor logs generated from SIEM & Sophos MTR. Perform threat hunts with the tools available to you as and when a security-related incident occurs.
• Identify, monitor, and define the requirements of the overall security of all systems.
• Maintain high patching status on all systems.
• Configure, maintain and implement intrusion detection systems and firewalls, virtual private networks, web protocols, and email security.
• Perform continuous penetration tests and follow up remediating vulnerabilities.
• Create and update all relevant Jira tickets and maintain system uptime and availability as close to 99.99%.
• Configure and install security infrastructure devices.
• Investigate intrusion and hacking incidents, collect incident responses, and carry out forensic investigations.
• Determine latest technologies and processes that improve overall security by staying up to date with security and technology developments.
• Plan for disaster recovery and create contingency plans in the event of security breaches.
• React quickly to security incidents; apply mitigations and workarounds as a priority to protect systems after a breach is detected.
• Monitor for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorized or illegal activity. Stay up to date on cyber news.
• Define and maintain security policies.

Qualifications / Essential Knowledge & Experience

• Zscaler Internet Access
• Zscaler Private Access
• Splunk
• Data Centre colocation management
• Vendor/Carrier management
• Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCNP qualifications
• IT Security – Prevention and awareness
• PowerShell and scripting capabilities

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