Senior Operational Security Analyst

Hours: 35 hours per week, hybrid
Salary: £45,000 Per Annum
Closing Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025

We are recruiting for the latest member of our Operational Security Team. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced fun environment where the customer is at the heart of everything we do, you need a keen eye for detail, great time management, and skills within Active Directory. This may be the job for you.

Who Are We?

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.

Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.

You will be joining the Operational Security team, which consists of 3 Seniors and 2 Analysts. We provide support to all areas of the business with Windows access requests. We work closely with all teams across the TTR function. Our core role is to manage, maintain, and govern access to Windows for colleagues across the society whilst also managing security alerts from our monitoring tools. We work closely with our Managed Service Provider.

What’s In It For You?

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.

We have a range of other benefits available to you including:

1. Annual discretionary bonus scheme
2. 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
3. Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
4. Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
5. Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
6. Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
7. A commitment to training and development
8. Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
9. 3 paid volunteering days per annum
10. Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
11. We care about your health and wellbeing – we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership

What Will You Be Doing?

1. Lead the provision of all Identity and Access Management (IAM) activities
2. Identity Governance tasks
3. Implementation and audit of IAM designs
4. Support Privileged Access Management (PAM) processes and services
5. Action and respond to alerting from our SIEM tool and other threat activities
6. Support the resolution of Incidents and Service requests to agreed service levels

What Do We Need From You?

You’ll need a minimum of 4 years’ experience supporting IT systems and IAM activities using Microsoft Technologies, including Active Directory and Entra. A good understanding of IT processes together with security concepts and best practices. Experience of leading on IAM Support activities. Awareness of Identity Governance. Another key element of the role is strong analytical/problem solving skills together with excellent written and verbal communication.