Cyber Security Analyst - Newport

  • Job Reference: 00046230-1
  • Date Posted: 24 September 2024
  • Employer: Wales & West Utilities
  • Location: Newport, Gwent
  • Remote Working: Some remote working possible
  • Salary: £41,446 to £47,365
  • Sector: Health, Safety, Environment & Quality
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

Location

Newport

Salary

£41,446 - £47,365

Contract

Permanent (Full Time)

Closing date

7th October 2024

Working hours

37 hours Monday to Friday
 

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for?

We’re looking for a Cyber Security Analyst to work with the Cyber Resilience team and assist with the delivery of enterprise-wide Security Operations function including EDR, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, gathering security control framework evidence and general day to day assistance with security tasks and incidents.

We’ll trust you to:

  • Work with the Cyber Security team to provide resilience to our threat monitoring and response capabilities.
  • Handle security incident response with internal teams and other third parties to ensure that incident response lifecycle is undertaken to a high standard.
  • Monitor and respond to security incidents, alerts and breaches.

You can read a full job description here.

You’ll need to have:

  • Good knowledge and understanding of SOC processes and procedures.
  • Basic experience using SIEM systems such as MS Sentinel, LogRhythm, AlienVault, Splunk.
  • Good knowledge and awareness of global Information Security Standards including ISO27002, CIS, NCSE CAF, NIST CSF.
  • Basic knowledge and experience using leading endpoint detection and threat management products and managing their operation.
  • CompTIA Sec +

The following is also desirable:

  • GIAC
  • CEH
  • AZ-900
  • SC-900
  • SC-200
  • SIEM certification
  • Blue Team Level 1

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

What’s in it for you?

  • A competitive salary starting at £41,446 rising to £47,365
  • Hybrid working
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebration
  • Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
  • 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
  • “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
  • Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
  • Enhanced pay for parental leave
  • Retail discounts and cashback scheme
  • Annual salary review
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Company Sick Pay
  • In-house Occupational Health Team
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Comprehensive training

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

You can find out more here.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

To apply, click the link below.

If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us at recruitment@wwutilities.co.uk or on 07971 038 982.

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.