Infrastructure Security Specialist

6 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Great Places Housing Group Full time

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**Infrastructure Security Specialist**

You will be responsible for reporting on, maintaining and improving IT security within Great Places Housing Group. The role encompasses strategic thinking, a strong knowledge of the threat environment and mitigations, as well as hands on technical skills.

What you’ll be doing
- Day to day monitoring and administration of security controls around tooling solutions and Cloud based systems such as Office 365, Azure.
- Management and configuration of our key security systems, Crowstrike, Rapid7, Mimecast, Azure security suite & Netskope.
- Monitor the GPHG security services to ensure the patching, security controls and mechanisms are operating effectively. Investigate issues and escalate.
- Assist in delivering security reviews and the management of metrics to ensure confidentiality, integrity, standardisation and consolidation for ease of support and maintenance.
- Take ownership in obtaining information, evidence and data required to diagnose and resolve complex problems.
- Proactively analyse trends and reports to highlight potential problems.
- Take responsibility for internal and external audits, including pen testing.

What you’ll need
- Educated to degree level or equivalent or work experience demonstrating graduate level ability.
- Working towards or hold the CISSP qualification.
- Azure security engineer or similar qualification
- Experience working in information security, technology architecture or an infrastructure role.
- Experience in designing and implementing written and technical information including security policies.
- Experience in IT security incident management
- Practical knowledge of information security risks, controls and frameworks (e.g., NIST, COS or ISO27001)
- Strong knowledge of common networking services and protocols

What we will need from you
- A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
- A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
- A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
- A commitment to continuous learning and improvement
- Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity
- An ability to work in uncertainty.
- To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment
- ** Pension** **| **DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)
- ** WPA** **| **Healthcare** **auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members.
- ** Annual leave **|**Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays
- ** Flexi time **| **Allows colleagues to achieve a healthy work life balance whilst carrying out requirement of the role. A maximum of 13 days flexi can be taken in a year.
- ** Greater Working |** We offer Hybrid and flexible working to fit the schedule of you, so you can work to your greatest ability.
- ** Professional fees | **The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague.
- ** The Market Place** **|**high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more.
- ** Health and wellbeing initiatives | **Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing.



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