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We’re on a journey to shape the future of policing in our three counties and we want you to be part of it. We value difference and believe in creating an inclusive working environment where our employees feel safe to make suggestions and voice their opinions.
The Security Operations Analyst will, assist in the control and monitoring of the Digital Services security services and underlying technologies.
They will ensure the monitoring and analysis of incidents to protect People, Technology, Data and Process, addressing security incidents and ensuring timely escalation in line with local and nationally set policing security standards.
Engage in Cyber defence capabilities to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities and follow or provide advice on mitigations and remediations to minimise the impact of the threat. Provide monitoring of threat and vulnerably management solutions and other security related tooling.
The ideal candidate would have:
Essential Skills:
- Incident response and handling
- Threat Intelligence and Analytics
- Security tooling and technologies
- Network and system security
- Security best practices
- Vulnerability management
Desirable:
- Penetration testing
- Risk assessment
- Azure security (Defender/Purview)
- Tenable (Nessus)
- Microsoft Sentinel or other SOC\SIEM
- MS Azure PIM
- The Security Operations Analyst role is an Office/hybrid role with a potential requirement to attend the office up to 5 days a week depending on the needs of the team. There is a rota’d on call requirement to attend out of hours incidents at short notice
- This is a CV only process
The closing date for this post is 12 noon on Tuesday 24th September 2024
Why work for us?
- 28 days Annual leave (increasing to 33 after 5 years service) + bank holidays.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Health and wellbeing, occupational health services, staff network and an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Police Mutual, affordable private healthcare and other savings.
- Gym membership discounts.
- Discounts on Electric Vehicles and Cycle to work scheme.
- Register for a Blue light card - over 15,000 discounts from large national retailers.
To read more about the added benefits and rewards of working for West Mercia Police, please go to our website.
- We embrace diversity and welcome applications from everyone.
- We are also happy to talk flexible working where it is suitable for the role.
If you require any support to complete your application or you have any questions please contact the recruitment team on 0 1 9 0 5 7 1 8 4 4 4 (press option 1 then 5)
Internal applicants who are in need of redeployment will be offered positions ahead of other candidates, subject to them passing a selection process.
