Cyber Security Specialist
4 days ago
York
Cyber Security Specialist Permanent Location: Selby, London, Glasgow or Ipswich Career Level 5 About the role: Were looking for a Cyber Security Specialist to join our Cyber Security in a pivotal role as we continue to strengthen Drax cyber resilience. As a Cyber Security Specialist, youll have a broad role offering plenty of variety as you play a key role in detecting and responding to threats through digital forensics and investigations, enhancing security controls, and ensuring secure-by-design practices across IT and OT environments. Key accountabilities include: • Responsible for analysing and responding to enterprise-wide security events across cloud, identity, endpoint and network environments. Providing SOC performance metrics and contributing to tracking and improving detection coverage., • Manage the full incident lifecycle from detection through to containment, eradication and recovery, including root cause analysis. Youll support the analysis of incidents across both IT and OT environments, with impact on critical operations., • Maintain and tune enterprise tooling including Defender XDR, SIEM/SOAR, automation playbooks and detection logic. Contributing to improvements in monitoring coverage, false positive reduction and detection fidelity., • Previous experience in cyber security operations, engineering or detection-focused roles., • Broad IT infrastructure knowledge: servers, endpoints, virtualisation, networking, firewalls, hybrid cloud environments and remote access technologies., • Strong proficiency and technical capability across SIEM/SOAR and Microsoft Security suite., • Able to embrace change and continuously looks for ways to enhance system security, SOC efficiency and overall resilience., • Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder engagement skills., • A discretionary bonus depending on company performance, • Private Healthcare, • SAYE (Sharesave): discretionary scheme from time to time, • Personal accident cover, • Group personal pension plan where well pay up to 10%, • Holiday 25 days plus bank holidays Together, we make it happen. At Drax, were committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of their role. To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background. How to apply: Think this roles for you? Click the apply now button to begin your Drax journey! If you want to find out more about Drax, check out our LinkedIn page to see our latest news. We understand that you may have some additional questions about the role. If youd like to have a confidential chat to discuss the role in more detail, please email JBRP1_UKTJ