IT Security Specialist - Global Infrastructure Firm - REF 725

Interface Recruitment UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

IT Security Specialist – Global Infrastructure Firm – REF 725

Pension / Life Assurance / Holidays (Buy and Sell)

Additional Benefits

Free Parking

Region: West Yorkshire

Global major capital projects firm with operations across all sectors require an IT Security Specialist.

Working with the IT Infrastructure team to provide advice and guidance on IT security and further develop IT policies and processes across a multi-region infrastructure consisting of 6500+ staff and 70+ sites.

Responsibilities

• Review all aspects of the IT environment and its components.
• Gather requirements, design and implement enterprise-wide solutions.
• Proactively improve and provide advice and guidance on information security matters.
• Support and develop the company’s IT policies and security solutions.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Maintaining and improving a Cyber Essentials Plus Security Standard.
• Co-ordinate, measure and report on the technical aspects of security management.
• Fully participate in internal governance activities relating to Information Security.
• Propose changes to existing policies and procedures to ensure operating efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Identify security non-conformities, patch or reconfigure systems to resolve issues, and build and test new security technologies.
• Research and propose appropriate security solutions.
• Design, co-ordinate and manage security testing procedures to verify the security of systems, networks and applications, and manage the remediation of identified risks.
• Recommend and co-ordinate the implementation of technical controls to support and enforce defined security policies.
• Manage the process of gathering, analysing and assessing the current and future threat landscape, and provide the IT Director with a realistic overview of risks and threats in the enterprise environment.
• Monitor and report on compliance with security policies, as well as the enforcement of policies within the IT department.
• Provide information security compliance consultancy to projects and operational teams to ensure compliance with security policies and standards from inception to production delivery.
• Manage security projects and provide expert guidance on security matters for other IT projects.
• Ensure audit trails, system logs and other monitoring data sources are reviewed periodically and are in compliance with policies and audit requirements.

Experience Requirements

• Experienced information security risk and compliance function.
• Experience of technical vulnerability management processing and reporting.
• Ability to engage with projects and provide information security awareness and to raise compliance requirements within projects and operational teams.
• Proven track record as an information security analyst supporting global sites and regions.

Qualifications

• Experienced Cisco Administrator (CCNA Security) Desirable.