Senior Counter Adversary Operations Analyst

Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve grown evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now its time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose to deliver better everyday health with humanity at the heart of everything we do. It unites us inspires us and challenges us to be better every day driven by our agile performance-focused culture.

About The Role:

This senior position is critical to protecting our corporate assets and managing the organisations day-to-day operational cybersecurity defences. The role focuses on the proactive in-depth analysis of sophisticated threat actors. The primary objective is to develop and implement counter-measures by understanding the adversarys tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) at a deep technical level moving beyond traditional security monitoring. The primary goal is to shift security posture from reactive defence to proactive adversary-centric operations.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career these responsibilities include some of the following

• Defines and executes threat hunts to search for undetected malicious activity within the organisations IT and OT environments. Develops hypotheses methodologies and tooling to proactively search for indicators of compromise (IOCs) and indicators of attack (IOAs) that evade automated defences.

• Supports Red team activities that simulate realistic multi-layered attacks against the organisations people processes and technology thereby rigorously testing the effectiveness of SecOps and IR.

• Detects and neutralises advanced threats in the early stages of the kill chain minimising breach impact and improving overall organisational resilience.

• Creates high-fidelity detection signatures behavioural analytics and security control policies to specifically counter known and emerging adversary TTPs.

• Collaborate closely with the Incident Response team during major breaches acting as the primary subject matter expert (SME) on the specific adversary being engaged.
  

Business Expertise

Deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape including industry-specific threats and compliance requirements. Strategic knowledge of the business environment regulatory landscape and competitor capabilities. Ability to align cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives and risk management strategies.

Problem Solving

Tackles complex evolving cybersecurity challenges requiring innovation and adaptability. Makes high-stakes decisions under pressure balancing rapid response with thorough investigation. Navigates regulatory requirements emerging technologies and human factors in cybersecurity.

Impact and Influence

Establishes and maintains relationships with other Senior professionals in the cyber security world to facilitate the flow of information. Lead efforts in developing security awareness training for the broader organisation.

Stakeholder Engagement

Is a key member of the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) during major cyber incidents. Establishes and maintains relationships with other investigation and remediation teams within the company working closely with them to address the full spectrum of security issues.

Qualifications Skills:

• Preferred Experience: 5 years in cybersecurity with some experience of responding to significant cyber incidents involving Organised Crime and Nations State threat actors an advantage

• Experience working across international manufacturing / supply chains

• Excellent communication negotiation and relationship-building skills.

• Preferred Certifications: CISSP GCIA GCDA GSOC GCIH

• Preferred Education: Masters Degree or equivalent work experience
  

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. Its important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process we may ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development refinement and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential used only for legitimate business purposes and will never be used in making any employment decisions including hiring decisions.

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