IT Security Analyst

Robert Half are working with an existing Bristol client to support the growth of their Security Function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the planning and completion of compliance reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of information security controls, creating detailed compliance reports and remediation plans.
• Operate compliance tools in line with formal procedures.
• Maintain the Security And Risk Tracking (SART) and Exceptions process.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to agree, implement, and manage security controls for key business systems and processes.
• Coordinate security inventories, scheduled team activities, actions, and improvements.
• Generate ongoing team reporting, metrics/KPIs, and dashboards for stakeholders, including senior leadership and governance committees.
• Support information security incident response and recovery efforts as directed, including Post Incident Reviews and implementing control improvements.

Skills/Experience:

• Industry-recognised security certifications such as Security+, CEH, or CySA+.
• Familiarity with basic security principles and practices.
• Knowledge of a range of technical security controls and their operations
• Familiarity with compliance and audit tools, risk assessment methodologies, and security technologies.
• Broad ranging analyst skills acquired while working on diverse IT and/or business projects.
• Proven experience in performing IT/Cyber security control assessment reviews.
• Experience working with Information security frameworks and compliance standards (eg ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST, SOC2 and PCI-DSS).
• Strong interest in Information security and technology, and motivated to learn new technologies.

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