Job Introduction
Security Operations Analyst
Here at BPP Education Group an opportunity has arisen within Group IT for a passionate and methodical individual to join the team as a Security Operations Analyst. You will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of the department, while also collaborating with colleagues across the business to ensure that BPP’s security standards are being implemented consistently across the Group.
What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!
Why work for BPP Education Group?
It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
- We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.
Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family
What you’ll be doing
In this role you will help maintain the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of BPP’s data and systems. As the Security Operations Analyst, you will support the day-to-day operations of the department, while also collaborating with colleagues across the business to ensure that BPP’s security standards are being implemented consistently across the Group.
As such, you will be responsible for:
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct pro active threat hunting on key systems in line with MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Providing guidance on information security issues raised by colleagues.
- Detect, investigate, and respond to incidents and events, including leading on root cause analysis.
- Working in partnership with our SOC partner to ensure incidents are responded to within SLA.
- Conducting risk assessments in line with BPP’s Information Security Risk Management framework.
- Executing vulnerability assessments using internal tooling, ensuring vulnerabilities are remediated in line with BPP’s SLA’s.
- Creating and updating security documentation.
- Working in collaboration with technical teams to ensure security controls are implemented in line with best practise.
- Remain up to date with industry best practise, new technologies and emerging threats.
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
Skills
- Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Experience of EDR, SIEM, and SOAR tools, with experience of Google Analytics and Sentinel One being an advantage.
- Understanding of vulnerability management tooling, with experience of Tenable One and Wiz being an advantage.
- Experience of Microsoft Security and Compliance toolkits, Tenable.io would be an advantage.
- Understanding of cloud security concepts, including AWS and Azure.
- Analytical thinking.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Takes ownership of own development by ensuring that skills are kept up to date, in line with industry changes.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams with varying technical ability.
- Experience working with security frameworks and compliance standards, including ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST and PCI-DSS.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic DBS check.
BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices
BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.
