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IT Security Consultant – £35,000 – £50,000- CISSP, CHECK, CREST, CEH
Financial Services
Folkestone

This organisation operates across multiple sectors within financial services, travel and tourism. They deliver services to c. 3 million customers annually. An opportunity has arisen to join their dynamic Information Security and Compliance team. The job role must be flexible, in line with the changing nature of Information Security risk but main duties will be to provide internal Penetration (PEN) / Application Testing services and business support for secure development techniques and providing IT Security and compliance awareness. The role also includes the support and introduction of Information Security processes, documentation and technologies while providing input into ongoing security improvements process.

Skills / Environment
*Proven experience in Penetration testing.
*An excellent understanding of
oSecurity application / system testing techniques.
oSecure application development techniques.
oIT Security practices.
oVulnerability scanning tools, SIEM, DLP and NAC is
oSecurity frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001/2) and PCI DSS is
*A good working knowledge of general IT systems (e.g. Linux and Windows).
*The applicant must hold a valid UK driving license and current Passport.

Responsibilities
*The monitoring, configuration, administration and auditing of security systems across the group, including, but not limited to:
*Log correlation/SIEM systems
*Vulnerability scanning platforms
*Advance Malware detection and forensic systems
*Data Leakage Prevention platforms

*Researching hacking tools / techniques and malware plus methods of protecting against them.
*Overseeing / identifying weakness in existing information security toolsets and providing support to the security system administration teams.
*Provided Business support for secure development techniques, vulnerability remediation and risk assessments.
*The support of awareness initiatives on secure coding and cyber security issues
*Keeping abreast of Information Security incidents across the industry and helping to incorporate lessons learnt into BAU process
*Providing knowledge transfer and a point of technical excellence to the Information Security department.
*Support the creation of security related management reports on both an ad hoc and regular basis.
*The instigation and the support of IT Security incident response arising from system monitoring, alerting and other areas of the business.
*Keeping up to date with and provide support for business and external compliance drivers such as PCI-DSS, DPA and ISO27001.

Role Overview
Candidates would ideally have CHECK or CREST, CEH, CISSP.

Salary: £35,000 – £50,000
Benefits include: 20 days holiday, pension scheme (5% of salary contributed), pay reviews, bonus scheme, discounts and many more

We will always email you a full role specification, name our client and wait for your email authorisation before we send your CV to this organisation. Deerfoot IT: Est. 1997. REC member. ISO certified. *Each time we send a CV to a recruiting client we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation (charity no. 1070906).