Cybersecurity Assurance Specialist

1 month ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Elsevier Full time
Cybersecurity Assurance Role

About the Position

This role is focused on offensive security testing and validation of Elsevier's platform and network controls to protect against unauthorized access, breach, or exploitation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Performing security defect mitigation testing and ensuring documented results support remediation efforts.
  • Analyzing chronic incidents, abnormal usage, and attack patterns, and tuning security telemetry for risk identification, including misuse, fraud, and theft of services.
  • Developing and maintaining scripts to automate cybersecurity tasks and processes.
  • Contributing to the continuous improvement of the organization's security practices and policies.
  • Conducting and documenting comprehensive penetration testing (manual and automated) of software and technology across web and cloud environments, including static and dynamic code and system configuration security tests.
  • Identifying and assessing vulnerability and exploitation risks, developing mitigation and detection methods.

Requirements

  • Experience of secure coding practices, application security testing tools and techniques (SAST, DAST), and API Security testing.
  • Understanding of cloud and networking, web-based content delivery platforms, and filesystem operation, architecture, patching, and security.
  • Ability to identify emerging threats, conduct risk assessments, and leverage security intelligence tools.
  • Possession of CISSP, CISM, SANS, GIAC, CCH, or related credential for ethical hacking/penetration tester certification, and/or security risk assessment certification.
  • Proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or other scripting languages and automation tools for security testing and management.
  • Ability to propose, scope, conduct, report, and remediate manual and automation testing.

About Elsevier

A global leader in information and analytics, Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and generous holiday allowance.
  • Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits.
  • Wellbeing programs and life assurance.
  • Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme and save-as-you-earn share option scheme.
  • Travel season ticket loan and electric vehicle scheme.
  • Optional dental insurance and maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
  • Employee assistance program and access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
  • Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work.


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