Our client who specialise in education is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst, to liaise with technical specialists within Information Services and other departments to agree on appropriate security measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the systems and data. The role will require a basic DBS criminal records check (Disclosure & Barring Service.

About the role

* Responsible for implementing, maintaining, and supporting the security controls that protect the systems and data assets from threats and hazards
* Help manage the relationship with outsourced security vendors, working collaboratively to mitigate risk
* Identification of security threats and vulnerabilities and ownership of resulting tickets until resolution
* Provide management reporting of security metrics to the Information Security Manager
* Respond to compliance security questionnaires and security-related queries from internal staff
* Liaise with technology and business teams to define effective security controls, practices, and processes and advise on implementation

About you

* Experience in a similar security analyst role
* Written and verbal communication skills with an ability to present to a wide range of audiences ranging in the knowledge of technology, business awareness, and seniority
* Demonstrable relevant experience in methods and techniques for risk management, business impact analysis, countermeasures, and contingency arrangements
* Broad experience across technologies such as but not limited to: Firewalls, IPS & IDS, DLP, WAF, AD/AAD, vulnerability management
* Technical investigation skills, the ability to research and collate information from a wide variety of sources into technical reports and recommendations

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