Senior Cyber Security Specialist

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Phoenix Group Full time

**Job Title**:Senior Cyber Security Specialist

**Job Type**:Permanent

**Location and flexible working**:Hybrid/ Remote - Wythall, Telford, Edinburgh.

**Closing Date**:31-07-2023

**Salary and benefits**:£45,000 - £65,000 plus bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a _Senior Cyber Security Specialist _within our _Security Operations _team.

**Who are we?**

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,800 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 12 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.£259 billion of assets under administration. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

**The Role**:
The Phoenix Group are looking for passionate and creative people to join our Cyber Security team within the Security Operations Centre. The Security Operations Centre is the first line of defence, protecting the assets and critical services of the Phoenix Group. As a Senior Cyber Security Specialist, you will be responsible for proactive detection and response to threats, liaising with stakeholders, internal SMEs and third parties. Additionally, you will work with SMEs to maintain and develop the group security platform.

Working within the wider Cyber Security function this role will require working closely with the Cyber Threat Team to improve our security posture through a red and purple team structure.
- As part of the team, you’ll be expected to: _
- Manage continuous threat detection and response services, maintaining tooling, playbooks, and documentation.
- Undertake CSIP activities to maintainand improve our security posture with relevant tooling, technology, and process documentation.
- Support the development, implementation, and delivery of security services across on premise and multi-cloud environments.
- Work with Security Architecture to develop and design new capabilities.
- Support project teams to implement and deliver new capabilities.
- Support the ongoing vulnerability management programme.
- Provide MI and reporting where required.
- Operate and maintain the IT control framework to supporting regulatory and third-party assurances.
- Provide audit response to internal and external audit, taking ownership and supporting the delivery of remediation activities.

**What are we looking for?**

Essential
- Five years previous experience working within IT Security, a SOC environment, or other role aligned to Cyber Security.
- Strong technical skill set across a varying technology stack including on premise and cloud environments across a mixed mode of Windows, and Linux platforms.
- Experience of working with operational security tooling such as SIEM, EDR, and supporting technologies.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of the external regulatory environment

Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of cloud environments with accredited certification.
- Relevant professional certifications
- Evidence of ongoing professional training and development.

**We want to hire the whole version of you.**

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

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