Cyber Security Analyst

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Cyber Security Analyst

Join a team wherePurposedrives everything we doAmbitionfuels our growthTrustbuilds our foundation andRespectshapes our culture.

Were not just hiring were inviting you tobuild the futurewith us. If youre curious driven and ready to leave your mark this is your invitation to make your next move.

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time. Where possible we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns. Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.

Salary: London from 44516 - 50000 dependent on experience. Other locations fromdependent on experience.

Location: London/ Coventry/ Manchester

Reporting to: Cyber Security Operations Manager

By joining our team youll enjoy the best of both worlds hybrid working and the collaboration of a great office environment. Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office. As well as extensive opportunities for personal and career development.

About Us:

The Financial Ombudsman Service is an independent not-for-profit organisation that plays a vital role in UK financial services. Every day we help resolve disputes between consumers or small businesses and their financial service providers.

What Youll Do:

In this role you will be responsible for the continual management and improvement of our security monitoring detection and response capabilities protecting our employees assets and data and responding to events that could adversely affect the organisations reputation or day-to-day operations.

To be considered for this role youll need to show us that youve got the skills and capabilities. Youll have to meet the following minimum criteria:

Minimum Criteria

• Awareness of cyber security frameworks and standards such as NIST MITRE ATT&CK and ISO27001

• Demonstrable experience working within an Information Security or Cyber Security function ideally in an operational or SOCaligned analyst role

• Experience working with or alongside a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) including reviewing alerts and driving service improvements

• Handsonexperience with SIEM platforms particularly Microsoft Sentinel

• Demonstrable experience refining tuning or creating detection rules and analytics including use of KQL or equivalent query languages

• Experience triaging security alerts distinguishing false positives from genuine threats and improving detection quality over time

• Experience performingendtoendsecurity investigations (including sensitive incidents such as brand impersonation or fraud attempts) andidentifyingroot causes using effective analytical techniques

• Experience with phishing simulation tools and security awareness outcomes

What youll bring

• Strong communicationskills with the ability to translate technical findings into clear actionable insights fornontechnicalstakeholders

• The ability to prioritise work effectively in afastpacedoperational environment taking ownership of outcomes and continuous improvement

• Awareness and understanding of cyber security frameworks and standards such as NIST and ISO27001

Why Youll Love Working With Us:

We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture influence our decisions and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose Ambition Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here: Work your way remote hybrid or in-office

We also offer an attractive competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Heres a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:

• 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to buy extra or sell days

• Generous pension

• Various Family Friendly Policies including enhanced maternity pay carers and dependants leave

• Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance virtual GP Critical illness cover Life assurance cover to name a few

• Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme Cycle to work scheme Will-writing service amongst others

• Gym membership discounts and a fully equipped on-site gym open 24/7 in London only

Lets Make This Easy.

Upload your up-to-date CV as part of your application.

Applications need to be submitted by Friday 12th June at midnight.

Successful candidates will need to complete an online assessment or/and a MS Teams call as the first stage assessment.

Due to high application numbers this advert may end earlier than the date specified so please dont delay and apply now!

A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted to the first stage of the assessment process.

The Financial Ombudsman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities. Please click on the link below to find out more

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