Cyber Security Analyst

• Reading - 3 days per week
• Salary up to £50,000

My client, a leading global manufacturing business in Reading are actively looking for a cyber security analyst, to join their team. You will be a good self-starter, with the ability to work in a small close knit team environment. Ideally you will have a minimum of 2 years' experience working at a security analyst or similar.

The role

• Ensure the efficient and effective operation of security infrastructure and delivery of security services within our on-prem and native cloud infrastructure such as Azure and GCP
• Maintain and manage security technology in accordance with Standard Industries security standards.
• Conduct regular assessments of security technology configurations and respond accordingly to cybersecurity threats.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends in cybersecurity tooling.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to evaluate and implement effective security solutions.
• Provide expert security guidance on configuration and best practice use of security technologies, such as tuning, Firewall Policies etc.
• Operation and optimisation of security tooling/products, including, encryption technologies, network security, logging and auditing, privileged access management.
• Actively participate in incident response activities where required
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote a culture of security awareness and educate employees on cyber threats and best practices. Competencies
• The ability to interact comfortably with personnel across multiple organizations, build strong relationships with IT peers and understand business imperatives
• Experience of cyber-security technical analysis
• Knowledge in the analysis of raw logging data
• Development and maintenance of custom security tooling aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain frameworks
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to analyse security requirements

For more details, please reach out to Mary Pearson on - (see below)