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With our continued success, combined with ambitious growth plans, this is a very exciting time for a dedicated Junior Cybersecurity Consultant to join our expanding team.

About the Role

As a Junior Cyber Security Consultant at Akita, you will:

• Work within the security team to provide Cyber Security advice and guidance, heavily focused on Microsoft 365 Cloud security solutions.
• Assist in conducting cybersecurity & compliance assessments against recognised best practice and industry standards, as appropriate to the organisation,
• Support the team in carrying out gap analysis on client systems, to identify current security posture verses current security best practices.
• Act as the first point of escalation for security related incidents within the helpdesk.
• Respond, report and escalate on security related alerts generated from various monitoring solutions.
• Support in the delivery of “hands-on” Cyber Security solutions within the business
• Work collaboratively with the Technical and Project teams to monitor and respond to client Cyber Security incidents, and assist with resolution,
• Fulfil any other such reasonable duties as required in line with business needs.

Core Skills

• Knowledge of managing MS365 Cloud security solutions (Endpoint, Azure, defender).
• A solid understanding of information risk, compliance, and governance.
• Knowledge in IAM, MFA, MDM and DLP technologies

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of security standards and frameworks. Cyber Essentials, GDPR, ISO27001/9001, NIST, CIS.
• Security/Cyber Related Degree.
• Experience working at an MSP in a technical capacity.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High standards of customer service
• A keen level of attention to detail
• Strong analytics skills.