Cyber Security Analyst - Insurance

Cyber Security Analyst - Insurance - London or Leeds - £40-45 per hour

The Cyber Security Analyst role is responsible for ensuring the availability and efficient operations of the organisations security infrastructure worldwide while enforcing security policies and reducing risk to the group of Companies.

Cyber Security is a crucial role within the organisation. Technical expertise, combined with positive, collaborative, can-do attitudes are required to make this team successful.
Technologies include next-generation firewalls within the cloud and on-premise, web application firewalls, proxies, advanced malware prevention, remote access, data loss prevention, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.

Daily tasks consist of but not limited to:

• Tier II-IV incident troubleshooting
• Change and configuration management
• Policy optimization
• Infrastructure management
• Capacity management
• Patch and OS management
• Event monitoring and alerting
• Vulnerability management
• Cybersecurity Incident Response
• Security Projects
• Risk Reduction through policy optimization and audit

The Cybersecurity Analyst role is responsible for ensuring the availability and efficient operations of the network-related security infrastructure worldwide. The organisation is looking for talent that is incredibly skilled in *one or more* of the following:

• Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Cisco FirePower IPS/IDS
• PaloAlto Network Firewalls
• Blue Coat Proxy
• Zscaler Proxy
• F5 ASM
• FireEye NX, HX, EX
• AWS / Azure Security

Technologies: Next-generation firewalls, web application firewalls, proxies, advanced malware prevention, data loss prevention, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and cloud operations.
Daily tasks consist of but not limited to change and configuration management of firewall policies, Tier II-IV incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, problem and solution patching, capacity management and system upgrades to network security infrastructure.

This position will also participate in Cyber Security Incident Response activities. The Cybersecurity Analyst role reports to the Sr. Security Operations Manager.
Security Operations is a crucial role. Technical expertise combined with positive, collaborative, can do attitudes are required to make this team successful.

Travel: Less than 1%.
Work from Home: up to 70%

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of network security experience within large-scale operations.
• One or more of the following: Cisco ASA, FirePower, Palo Alto, BlueCoat Proxy, Zscaler, F5 ASM FireEye
• Expertise knowledge of TCP/IP and related protocols and with collecting and evaluating HTTPS & TCP/IP dumps using Wireshark, HTTPWatch, tcpdump, Fiddler, and similar tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills relating to security operations technologies.
• Excellent verbal, written and collaborative interpersonal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux CLI.

Bonus Qualifications

• Administration of Blue Coat Proxy SG 250-430 certification.
• Blue Coat Proxy Administrator or Professional (BCCPA or BCCPP) certification.
• PaloAlto Networks PCNSE v9 certification.
• FireEye HX & NX experience and certifications.
• F5 Application Security Manager (ASM) expertise & Exam 303-BIG-IP ASM Specialist.
• Cisco ASA & Firepower with CCNA CyberOps, CCNA Security, and/or CCNP Security certifications.
• Experience operating within AWS and Azure environments.
• SANS/GIAC certifications