Information Security Officer – Home Based Remote
Job description
Job Title: Information Security Officer
Location: Home based
Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 plus benefits
This innovative business solutions provider, and part of a highly regarded international group of companies, is able to offer an excellent career move to a capable individual with a background in IT infrastructure and experience in Information Security.
Reporting to the CISO and Head of IT you will get to work on UK and International projects, taking responsibility for implementing global and UK security policies.
Based from home you will only be required to travel occasionally – one or twice a quarter which will be fully expensed.
The role requires security vetting so you will need to have been living in the UK for at least the last five years.
This is the ideal opportunity for an Information Security Officer looking to take on a new and international challenge.
You will work with a Global Security team while being responsible in the UK and other locations for the implementation of information security topics, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essential, etc.
You will be the single point of contact for Information Security for internal stakeholders and customers, reporting project progress, incidents, and KPIs to the country Boards as required.
Due to the very nature of their business, IT Security is taken very highly and requires all employees in this area to be highly vigilant. The individual will have excellent attention to detail and show a willingness to acquire new skills and take ownership of tasks.
What are we looking for:
- Good understanding of Information Security, i.e., ISO27001, PCI-DSS, etc.
- Information Security Risk Management experience (threat identification, risk evaluation, mitigation strategies, monitoring, and, follow-up)
- Evaluation of Information Security control adequacy on projects
- Incident Management experience
- Internal and external auditing experience
- Vendor management experience
- Technical understanding of technologies such as, but not limited to, cloud and on-premises environment, AV technology, backup technologies, network architectures, segmentation, etc.
- Understanding of Vulnerability Management and the associated Risk mitigation strategies
- Understanding of Data Loss Prevention technologies
- Being able to extract actionable information from Penetration Test reports
We would expect you to have come from a hands-on IT infrastructure background and will have moved into an Information Security role with a couple of years of experience to be right for this position.
The Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Sickness Allowance
- Laptop
- Mobile Phone
- Excellent training
Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
