Security Analyst - Sheffeild

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The Security Analyst is responsible for providing operational first- and second-line IT technical Security support to the organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for logging, troubleshooting and resolving incidents at the first point of contact

when possible, or triaging incidents to an appropriate team/vendor. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling,

logging and fulfilling requests within their remit, or passing requests to an appropriate team. On any given day, the

department maybe subject to a threat and it will be the security analyst's role to triage the response with our vendors and

escalate the issue to management. Both incidents and requests should be handled within the agreed operational framework of

policies and processes whilst minimizing impact to the customer and providing an excellent level of customer service.

Main duties:

Investigate security alerts, monitor for attacks, intrusions and unauthorised or illegal activity and provide incident

response support

Monitor and respond to phishing emails and pharming activity

Provide advice and guidance to staff on issues such as spam and unwanted or malicious emails.

Monitor identity and access management, including monitoring for abuse of permissions by authorised system users

Prepare reports for both technical and non-technical staff and stakeholders

Maintain an information security risk register and assist with internal and external audits relating to information

security

Work with the BBB's provisioned Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) will flag a host of threats and issues; the

security analyst will have to promptly respond to all security incidents running through to resolution and providing

thorough post-event analyses

Skills:

Previous experience as an IT System Administrator supporting a variety of platform - Windows, Office 365, Azure Threat Protection, Mimecast, Azure Sentinel etc.

Previous experience working with a Security Event and Incident Management platforms

Experience analysing event and logs

Good knowledge of enterprise network and host security controls

Experience providing great customer service

Proven initiative in further growing knowledge in security space

Keeps up to date with the latest security and technology developments

Degree: IT Related Degree/A-Levels or education equivalent