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Location: home working with occasional office and customer site visits contract type: permanent – full-time, occasionally shift-based reporting line: managing director - hytec
About us:
Hytec is passionate about cyber security, governance and compliance and takes pride in delivering the very best advice and guidance as a trusted advisorHytec is one of the few organisations suitably qualified to advise local authorities, health and healthcare suppliers on matters relating to it securityWith over 30 years’ experience providing connection advice and hosting to health organisations and local authorities, hytec is a leader in securing the data in local government and healthHytec is a business unit within olm systems.
Olm systems is the leading provider of person centric case management solutions to the uk social care and community health markets with over 60 local authority customersOlm have 30 years of experience in working with customers across the uk to deliver modern saas solutions to take the complexity out of people’s lives by delivering integrated solutions for adult and children’s services, health and the corporate it marketOur software enables customers to make a positive impact on the lives of the vulnerable adults and children who they supportOlm is proud of its people and its products and everything we do is with a passion to make a difference to others.
Who are you:
The role requires a dynamic and self-motivated individual willing to be part of a self-managing team with a strong belief in continual improvement and a positive work ethicWe’re looking for a curious mindset, always expect the unexpectedCyber never sleepsYou must be calm and focused in high-pressure situations; be comfortable working on shift, lone-working at timesCapable of evolving in the role, you must continually improve your own skills, take on further responsibilities, and look for and use advanced influencing skills to promote improvements in their own job description and the function of the soc.
Experience with, and understanding of the modus operandi of cyber threat actors, and ways to detect and counter their actionsA good baseline knowledge of business it systems infrastructure is requiredTraining will be provided on an ongoing basis; in the first instance this will focus on the tooling we use in our security operations centre and associated syopsYou must be a good communicator, able to converse effectively with your peers and our customers’ teams at all levels.
Job overview:
You will provide a wide range of cyber support services to customers as well as being part of the soc teamThe role encompasses the 24/7 monitoring of both customer and internal production systems, and the timely response to any anomalous / suspicious activity on a timely basisYou will help clients with standards (e.g., iso 27001) and guide them to improve their cyber maturity and deliver awareness programmes.
Job function tasks and responsibilities:
Information governance activities
Assist client to understand requirements of standards such as iso 27001, nhs dsp, cyber essentials, and guide them to improve cyber maturity to achieve compliance
Client awareness activities, assistance with preparation and delivery of cyber awareness programmes
Proactively and diligently monitor hytec soc systems as part of the soc team
Communicate with peers as and when required – if in doubt escalate
Train for and obtain and retain cyber essentials assessor qualification
Review client cyber essentials self-assessments, document outcomes
Train and obtain and maintain penetration tester qualification
Regular penetration / vulnerability testing of a range of environments
Regular and methodical analysis of cyber data for trend analysis
Regular analysis and reporting of soc data
Assistance with management reporting / kpi production
Participation in hytec labs team activities
Developing new cyber tools and techniques
Client security bulletin research and production / dissemination
Experience required:
Experience with and understanding of business it infrastructures
Understanding of cloud architectures and deployment techniques
Communicating within and beyond team environment
Good understanding of cyber threats and how they are invoked
Skills and attributes:
Inquisitive and investigative mindset, good problem-solving skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to engage effectively at various levels and across team boundaries
Exceptional customer skills, with a passion and attitude to deliver excellent service, whatever the circumstances
Methodical & thorough approach to monitoring and responding to events
Benefits:
A cyber enthusiastic company and colleagues – over 200-man years of cyber experience
Ongoing learning environment, certifications encouraged
A structure where everyone has a voice and makes a direct and valued contribution to building the best service possible
Working to reduce business and social disruption caused by threat actors
25 days annual leave rising to 30 after 2 years (plus bank holiday allowance)
Enhanced workplace pension scheme
Employee assistance programmes
