Information Security Officer - Newport (South Wales)

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for?

We’re looking for an Information Security Officer to assist with the coordination of undertaking security support duties for IT projects and other Cyber project initiatives. 

The role will ensure IT projects adhere to security policies, secure architecture principals and conform to and regulatory cyber assessment framework.  The suitable candidate will provide relevant, timely, credible information and sound professional advice to their immediate team and other Cyber Resilience representatives concerning IT’s information security risk profile.

We’ll trust you to:

•   Support the activities associated with Information Security on all non-CAF based IT projects
•   Deliver the relevant security artifact requirements for each IT Project quality gate
•   Document and log security assessments and penetration testing where required. This will also include arranging penetration test engagements and code reviews for in flight and new projects
•   Evaluate and co-ordinate tickets assigned by IT from WWU colleagues to the security team within WWU IT’s ticketing system
•   Provide security support into other WWU projects and ongoing programmes of work, on both a planned and adhoc basis

You can read a full job description here.

You’ll need to have:

• Knowledge of cyber-attack modelling techniques used to investigate and analyse breaches and IoA’s
• Knowledge of network security particularly around networking behaviour analytics and NAC
•  Strong knowledge of information security control and compliance standards such as the NCSC CAF, ISO27002, IEC17789, CIS CSC and NIST CSF
•  A good understanding of CSIRT and incident response process and procedures
•  Experience working with recognised incident response providers would be an advantage
•  CISMP, SC-900, AZ-900 qualifications

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary starting at £41,446 rising to £47,365
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
• “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive training

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

You can find out more here.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

To apply, click the link below.

If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us at recruitment@wwutilities.co.uk or on 07971 038 982.

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.

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