Senior Cyber Security Specialist found on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Manchester

About the Job

Senior Cyber Security Specialist-(190000B2)

Description

Freshfields Overview

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world's leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on ground-breaking and business-critical mandates.

Develops new detective and investigative capabilities using current technical solutions;

Grows cyber intelligence capabilities and networks;

Maintains knowledge of security laws, principles, practices, and best practices. Must remain current with emerging threats and trends;

Performs data analysis and threat research;

Supports security risk and vulnerability assessments for defined business applications or IT installations.

Manages processes relating to the installation, maintenance and operation of security infrastructure including firewalls, anti-virus and IPS;

Responsible for the implementation of agreed changes and maintenance routines;

Regularly reviewing infrastructure to ensure best practices are being followed and where necessary to escalate problems/issues (process or compliance) as necessary;

Enforcing role based access control.

Initiates and monitors actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems and services;

Responsible for the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures;

Ensures that incidents and requests are handled according to agreed procedures;

Investigates identified security breaches in accordance with established procedures and responsible for applying the appropriate remediation;

Conducts forensic investigations for HR, Legal, or incident response related activities.

Leads information security related projects;

Evaluates new security technologies and products and performs engineer-level work and analysis to determine if solutions should be pursued;

Provides security consultancy/advice as needed to operational and project teams;

Validates that proposed solutions are acceptable from a security standpoint.

Monitors and reports on supplier performance, customer satisfaction, and market intelligence;

Monitors performance of suppliers against KPIs;

Develops opportunities for improvement;

Identifies where change is needed.

Key Requirements

Essential Technical Skills

Strong networking knowledge – TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS;
Strong knowledge of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing techniques;
A good knowledge and hands on experience of current Windows server operating environments, Active Directory and Group Policy;
Exposure to and working knowledge of – Juniper Junos, Checkpoint Firewall, QOS, MPLS, routing protocols, Layer 3 Switches, VLANS;
Knowledge of network security devices and associated protocols;
Knowledge of McAfee and Trend antivirus products;
Exposure to SIEM technologies;
Strong packet analysis skills;
Strong understanding of secure network design principles.
Knowledge of load balancing technologies;
Knowledge of secure web gateway technologies;
Experience of deploying software using SCCM.
Security incident investigation and remediation;
In-depth understanding of cyber security issues;
Understanding of ITIL Change Management processes;
Writing and delivering presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences;
Worked in an operational IT role – any from networks, Windows/AD, applications, storage, virtualisation, messaging, database.
ITIL Service Management Foundation certification (or equivalent), CISSP, CEH, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, MCSE.

Freshfields is an equal opportunities employer and all applications received by the firm will be considered by the firm on the basis of their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background. All offers of employment will be conditional on the candidate having/securing the right to work in the UK and providing the firm with evidence of that right (as required by the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006) prior to employment commencing. Please note that, in line with the requirements of the UK Border Agency, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EEA candidate can fill the position.

Freshfields is a Ban the Box employer. We ask applicants to disclose criminal convictions only when a conditional job offer is made. A conviction does not automatically lead to withdrawal of the offer: we make decisions on a case by case basis and take a number of factors into account (e.g. the role you are applying for and the circumstances of the offence). You would have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.

Job

:Information Technology

Schedule

:Full-time

Shift

:Day Job

Employee Status

:Regular

Job Type

:Standard

Job Posting

:Aug 5, 2019, 9:45:34 AM