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Cyber Operations Analyst

Cyber Operations Analyst

Harris Federation

Croydon

Salary:
Up to £55,000 based on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
5 December 2022

Job overview

We are looking for a Cyber Operations Analyst to join our central Information & Cyber Security team at the Harris Federation Head Office.

This is a mid-senior technical role aimed at those with prior industry experience. You are expected to have strong working knowledge of networking and security concepts. However, excellent junior applicants will also be considered and will be supported by a supplementary training plan.

The new Information & Cyber Security team is responsible for all things security operations, governance, risk, and compliance. It is a brand-new function at the Harris Federation. This is a fantastic opportunity to join and shape the future of Information and Cyber Security at a hugely successful multi-academy trust. With a supportive group of dedicated professionals accessible, you will become part of a growth environment where you can effect a real positive change.

About Us

The Harris Federation is a leading education charity with 52 Harris primary and secondary academies across London and Essex. The founder, Chairman and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990. We now educate almost 40,000 young people and closing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission.

The Harris Federation has a track record of accomplishment in achieving success through rapid school improvement and has built an unrivalled reputation for running outstanding academies in London.

Our central team comprises a dedicated, driven group of departments working centrally to provide support across the Federation and all of our academies. Across a multitude of key departments, we maintain an outstanding body of staff all integral to supporting central and academy finance, HR, Data, Estates management, Talent and many more.

Main Areas of Responsibility

As part of your role, you will:

  • Manage security events working as part of a blended Cyber security team with our 24x7 MDR partner. Predominantly using the Microsoft Security Stack leveraging industry standard response lifecycles.
  • Configure, and refine alerting. Leveraging automation and orchestration.
  • Work closely with GRC colleagues to deploy, refine, and monitor applicable cyber security controls.
  • Work closely with Infrastructure colleagues in response to security events.
  • Provide recommendations for the hardening of infrastructure and processes.
  • Maintain knowledge bases, and incident playbooks.
  • Contribute to the development of policies, standards and guidelines with colleagues in GRC.
  • Maintain the vulnerability management programme as per the vulnerability management standard.
  • Arrange exercises (red, blue & purple) as part of process and control testing and hardening.
  • Support with internal tabletop exercises and presentations.
  • Produce detailed incident reports.
  • Produce regular and ad-hoc reports that utilise metrics.
  • Support with cyber improvement initiatives and projects.
  • Support, mentor, and upskill junior colleagues.
  • Stay abreast security trends, technologies, and vulnerabilities relevant to the organisation and sector.
  • Respond to internal and external security audits.


Qualifications & Experience

Attitudes & Behaviours

  • Customer obsessed. You understand the importance of your role with reference to supporting c. 40,000 students in realising their potential.
  • Excellent communicator.
  • Embraces strengths, whilst understanding your own, and team member weaknesses.
  • Team player. Understands the importance of healthy conflict in striving for excellence and attainment of common team objectives.
  • Methodical, analytical, problem solver.
  • Creative and enthusiastic.

Qualifications & Experience

Evidenced experience is always preferred. The omittance of any qualification or certification should not discourage aspiring applicants. We embrace that no-one is an expert in everything.

  • Degree or equivalent.
  • Industry certifications such as, but not limited to: CISSP, GCIAC, BTL1/2, SC-200 ITILv4.
  • Evidenced participation in bug-bounty programmes, vulnerability write ups, CTFs
  • Evidenced contribution to security forums & communities.
  • Evidenced experience in giving, or receiving mentorship related to security.
  • Experience working in a technical role focussed on security.
  • Cyber Bootcamps, such as CAPSLOCK.
  • Working knowledge of response frameworks, such as MITRE ATT&K.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact us via e-mail, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. You will need this when completing your application.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for non term-time only employees, and many other benefits. We offer flexible working in the form of "Core Hours" and potential for hybrid working.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

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About Harris Federation

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  • Harris Federation
  • 4th Floor, Norfolk House, Wellesley Road
  • Croydon
  • CR0 1LH
  • United Kingdom
+44 208 253 7777

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The Harris Federation is a not-for-profit educational charity with almost 25 years of education experience in and around London. Our primary, secondary, all-through and sixth form academies have an international reputation for delivering a step change in education standards.

In joining a Harris Academy, you will be working with some of the country’s most exceptional teachers, support staff and leaders. There are frequent opportunities for internal exchange and promotion; our CPD is regularly described as Outstanding; and we have a package of staff benefits that rivals the most competitive of other professions.

Each Harris Academy is led and run by its senior leaders and has its own curriculum and way of doing things. What our Academies share, however, is a commitment to giving their children and teenagers an excellent education within a happy, caring and supportive environment.

There are Harris Academies in many different settings – inner city and suburban – but they are all within a maximum ninety minute commute from each other. This enables a highly collaborative structure, with on-call support from the Harris Federation.

You can find out more on our website (www.harrisfederation.org.uk) or by following us on Twitter (@HarrisFed).

 

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