Job Description

Cyber security underpins our ambitions to deliver world-class trusted geospatial digital services. To support this, we are recruiting an experienced Cyber Security Analyst to work in our cyber security operations team.

Join us and you'll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn't have done it without us. And to be central to OS's vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role

Working in the team you will help defend our digital services from cyber attack, respond to incidents and worth with all OS teams to mitigate our security vulnerabilities. You will help ensure we comply with our policies, provide your colleagues with advice and guidance, and last-but-not-least, support our critical cyber platforms.

Day to day this is varied and wide role responding to the challenges of protecting a digital business and this may include:

• Regular monitoring of our cyber response platforms for alerts and events. You would play a key role in developing and extending these capabilities.
• Managing vulnerabilities and working with teams to resolve or mitigate these. Conducting assessments of existing and new software deployments.
• Continually looking at ways to mature our processes and improve our services, controls and protection.
• Ensuring our controls are proportional to the risk and threat and comply with standards such as Cyber Essentials Plus, GDPR, PCI-DSS and the various NCSC standards.
• Advising staff and external stakeholders on compliance with our policies and standards. Responding to requests and service tickets.
• Managing, collating and publishing knowledge articles and threat intelligence feeds.
• Delivering briefings and training to colleagues.

What we're looking for

If you are interested in joining a committed, busy team that lies at the heart of what the OS delivers, we are looking for an individual that can demonstrate:

• Proven experience of working in a similar role and dedicated team.
• Working knowledge of cyber tools such as SIEM, advanced malware protection, firewalls and vulnerability management.
• Be able to show a working knowledge of the IT 'towers' found in a typical Digital business (networks, servers, storage, end user devices, mobile and applications and all the cloud equivalents).
• Experience of supporting cloud adoption and cloud security in Azure would be an advantage
• Good knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Familiarity with industry compliance and security standards, including Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, cloud security, 10 Steps to Cyber Security.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good analytical skills and reporting skills.

The rewards

We want you to love what you do. That's why our benefits package rewards a job well done. We'll give you:

• Salary - £40,749 - £47,940
• Performance related bonus
• A competitive pension scheme
• 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)
• 25 days annual leave - (rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 30) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to attend on a sporadic basis with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home, one of our regional offices or spend more time at OSHQ.

Closing date Sunday 14th January 2024

Security

OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together - in a supportive and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We think combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way. We are looking for dedicated and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.

We're individually passionate and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

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Skills Required

• English Fluency