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Cyber Security- This is a contract role for 6 months.

Who are we?

Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.

At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.

In Team Digital, we are planning for a future where the technology solutions we co-create and design enable us to achieve our goal to protect our greatest natural resource and allow our customers, communities, and the environment to thrive.

What will you be doing?

As a team, our vision is to create an everyday digital experience for the people we serve — our customers — by putting them at the heart of everything we do. As part of our award-winning team, you will help the business become an intelligent, united organization to deliver our digital transformation and turnaround.

The Cyber Security GRC Analyst will promote a strong cyber security culture across the organization and strengthen our defensive capabilities to protect our systems, data, and continued business operations from cyber-attacks. They play an integral role in protecting our organization against external and internal threats to maintain running our business operations.

Key responsibilities.

• Perform focused cyber risk assessments of existing or new services and technologies, along with business stakeholders
• Conveys risk assessment findings to team owners and custodians of cyber risk owners and the cyber security team
• Provide consultative advice to the cyber security team to enable them to suggest informed risk management decisions
• Identify and facilitate implementation of appropriate controls to effectively manage cyber risks as needed
• Identify opportunities to improve risk posture, develop solutions for remediating or mitigating risks and assess the residual risk
• Maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and groups involved in managing cyber security risks across the organization
• Act as a trusted advisor across the business to help shape the cyber security governance, risk, and control requirements
• Collaborative working with business stakeholders.

What should you bring to the role?

We want to bring collectively a team of brilliant technical minds with game-changing ideas. We are looking for people who will help us re-imagine the way we work and the way we get things done.

• A truly digital mindset. Open to the partnership. Open to risk. Open to new ways of doing things.
• Obsessed with data. Obsessed with excellence.
• People who think and behave differently from the way we do. People who don’t want to just be another cog in the machine.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to identify and assess the severity and potential impact of risks. Communicate risk assessment findings to risk owners outside the cybersecurity team in a way that consistently drives objective, fact-based decisions about the risk that optimize the trade-off between risk mitigation and business performance
• An ability to apply original and innovative thinking to produce new ideas

An understanding of business needs and dedication to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient service to the business

An ability to effectively influence others to modify their opinions, plans, or behaviours

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of work experience in information security, especially in a cyber security risk analysis role would be an added advantage
• Security certifications such as CISSP would be an added advantage

What is in it for you?

It’s an incredibly exciting time to join Team Digital, the best people to tell you why, are the people on our team. Take a look at the video below to find out what they think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmELR_xmXhw&list=PL37gUk7p48rqLEmKEkgKuyDpLYsW5LH9&index=12

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding, and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you will enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.

We are also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

We deliver life's essential service to our customers, communities, and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you will have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we cannot consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.