Cyber Security Lead

Vacancy Title:  Cyber Security Lead

Vacancy Location:  Belfast

Engagement Type: Permanent, Full Time

Your Company

Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

That's why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Silver Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Your New Role

The Information Technology family defines, provides, maintains, optimises and expands the business solutions needed to support global operations, communications, data collection and management, decision making and management of customer relationships. It safeguards our business, customer and personal data.

We are bolstering our team and require an experienced cyber security professional with experience working in a Cloud centric environment. You will play a crucial role in developing and operating our cyber defence capabilities, actively monitoring for malicious activity and ensuring security incident response preparedness.

Working closely with the wider infrastructure team, you will grow alongside several strategic cyber partners and will be instrumental in shaping plans for continuously developing the maturity and effectiveness of operational security capabilities and practices.

What You Can Expect from the Role

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:

· Security Lifecycle: Design, configure and deploy security infrastructure components whilst acting as a technical escalation point for security incidents and investigations

· Vulnerability management & Remediation: Work with the wider group IT and end users to remediate risk through closure of vulnerabilities whilst aligning to the IT security roadmap

· Alert Management: Analyse and triage security alerts to identify and respond to potential malicious activities & lead post-incident analysis and reporting to deliver operational and technical lessons learned

· Security posture enhancement: Support and drive the continual improvement of Survitec security posture by leading and implementing major security initiatives

· Service Implementation: Enhance security operational maturity through the implementation of security services such as SIEM & MDR

· Security Awareness: Maintain and communicate awareness of security advisories to key stakeholders, reporting on the operational security status

· Continuous Improvement: Regularly conduct exercises, simulations, and other activities to improve security maturity

· Threat Hunting & remediation: Develop and conduct threat hunting exercises and undertake threat and vulnerability assessments whilst supporting and performing remediation activities

· Security Controls & Policies: Develop and maintain effective security controls

· Threat landscape: Stay up-to-date with the latest security trends, threats, and technologies, and recommend and implement appropriate security measures and solutions

· Training Development: Develop and deliver training plans to support security operations management

At Survitec, you'll find a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding work environment where you can grow professionally and take pride in your contributions. This role is not just another job; it is an opportunity to build your career.

The Experience, Qualifications and Skills You Will Have

Essential Criteria

· Incident Response Experience: Prior experience in developing, planning and managing Incident Response, SOC, threat and Vulnerability Management in a lead capacity.

· Situational Awareness: Ability to quickly assess and prioritize incident response activities.

· Technical Communication: Strong communication skills to interpret technical information for non-technical audiences and ensuring collaboration with cross-functional teams.

· Cyber Controls & Frameworks: Thorough understanding & practical experience in applying cybersecurity controls to detect, protect, and mitigate threats & Familiarity with security frameworks such as MITRE, cyber kill chain, and APT campaign strategies

· Technical Skills: Strong technical skills in particular across the MS stack including Azure, Microsoft Defender

· Vulnerability Management: Strong working knowledge of vulnerability management and supporting tools such as Nessus tenable.

· Team Collaboration: Proven ability to

· Experience: 5 years of experience in an information security role whilst working effectively in a team environment.

· Advanced Security Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CEH, CISA, CISSP, AZ-500,MS-500

· Education: Cyber related Bachelor’s degree or similar.

Highly Desirable Criteria

· Cloud: Experience in cloud computing and Azure security technologies covering IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS.

· Network Security : Experience with network security across LAN & WAN technologies.

· IT Security Standards & frameworks : Experience supporting or implementing IT Security standards and frameworks such as ISO27001, CE+, PCI-DSS, NIST, NCFC, and CIS.

· Certifications: Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.