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Job Title
IT Security Analyst
Position
Full Time - Contractor
Role
Business Services
Location
London
Practice Area/Department
IT
Description
Before you meet us, get to know us
RPC is a modern, progressive and commercially-oriented City legal
services business. From our offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore
we provide advice to both UK and international clients.
What we do
Our legal practice spans a wide range of industry sectors and is
broadly split into two discrete areas: insurance and corporates.
Working on both contentious and non-contentious matters, our clients
range from large multinationals to growth UK corporate firms and other
professional practices, and include many household names.
Why we're different
We have a confident, accessible and enterprising approach that sets
performance, service and value at the top of the agenda. Our goal is
to do the usual things unusually well, make the complex simple and
help our internal and external clients build better, stronger businesses.
Business Services at RPC
Working at RPC means being part of a
collaborative and creative environment, which is flexible,
transparent and friendly. We value our business services teams and
recognise that individual contributions at all levels are essential
to the success of RPC as a whole.
RPC's business services teams include:
Brand Marketing & Sales
Client Services
Executive Office
Facilities
Finance
Legal Project Management
Information Technology
People & Talent Development
Risk & Compliance
Secretarial Support
Role Overview
The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily monitoring
of multiple security technologies, reviewing logs for unusual or
suspicious activities, triaging and responding to security alerts.
They will possess good customer facing skills as they will be required
to respond to and manage support requests assigned to the IT Security
team. They will also be knowledgeable of security good practises and
experienced in reviewing system security configuration and undertaking
technical risk assessments.
Key responsibilities
Undertake daily monitoring of security systems, including the
Firewalls, IDS/IPS, web filtering, malware protection, data loss
prevention, authentication logs other security controls
Participate in incident response activities from detection,
through analysis to response and recovery
Perform vulnerability scans on networks, servers, systems and
applications, reviewing and actioning findings as required
Monitor and respond to incident reports and service requests.
Maintain security designs to support the firm and provide guidance
and support in their use
Conduct technical security audits and perform technical risk assessment
Conduct firewall rule reviews, network and systems configuration audits
Monitor the use of privilege account management systems
Keep abreast of the cyber security threats and review threat
intelligence information
Contribute to weekly security reports including keeping track of
information security metrics.
Interact with technical teams to provide support for security systems.
Maintain the security operational procedure documentation
Position requirements
First or second line NOC/SOC monitoring experience
At least two years' experience in an IT security position,
preferably in a professional partnership.
Certifications in CompTIA Security+, CEH or GIAC GSEC preferred
Proven experience in IT Security operations
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to
systematically break down complex issues and tasks into manageable pieces
Must be skilled in root cause analysis and provide possible solutions
Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
Operational hand on experience of the following technologies
Firewalls
Windows server and client security
Windows Active Directory and group policy
IDS & IPS
End Point Protection
E-mail protection
Vulnerability management
Web Application Firewall
Web Filtering technologies
Network technologies
VPN Technologies
Office 365
Azure Cloud Security Services
Website security
Attributes
Demonstrates a 'can do' attitude under pressure while keeping a
clear understanding of user impact
Highly self-motivated and directed with excellent interpersonal skills
Keen attention to detail
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Passionate about security
Demonstrates excellent communication skills, able to present key
points of an argument persuasively
Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
Flexible - happy to work outside normal working hours when required
Analytical and curious
Adaptable and flexible working style
Comfortable adjusting to changing conditions and priorities
Working conditions
This is a full time, contract position for 4 months.
The role is offered on a fully remote working basis.