- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Edinburgh
Job Description
At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.
Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.
Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.
We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.
Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:
interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
About the role:
The Cyber Security Operations Analyst an integral part of the Cyber Security Operations team with the objective supporting the wider Cyber Security Operations team in delivering improvements to the organisations security posture, and keeping our business safe from cyber-attacks.
This role is technical and will help to operate and maintain our security controls across a number of our cyber security domains including; Cyber Security Monitoring & Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence & Hunting, Vulnerability Management and Cyber Security Assurance.
The role reports directly to the Cyber Security Incident Response Lead and is based in Edinburgh. The role holder will work closely with our Cyber Security Operation Centre and with other security functions as well as specialist 3rd party security suppliers and the global IT and business teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Incident response, as part of the Cyber Security Incident Response Team for cyber incidents
Ticket triage & response, managing the Sec ops security queue, triaging tickets and liaising with the business
Cyber threat intelligence, including delivering emergent threat reports to key stakeholders and conducting threat hunting based on intelligence.
Vulnerability Management, including deploying scans, prioritising based on context, and operating remediation workflows
Penetration testing governance, including the scoping and scheduling of external penetration testing suppliers, the coordination of remediation actions and hands-on internal application and system testing
About the Candidate:
Experience in security or a Cyber Security Degree
IT Security/Information Security knowledge, to identify and respond to cyber security incidents.
Experience with security tools, such as IDPS, vulnerability scanners, SIEM, SOAR and EDR
Familiarity with common enterprise technologies e.g. Microsoft, Linux, VMWare, Citrix
Solid understanding of computer networking concepts and standards, including Network device & Firewall Hardening
Passion for security and self-development to keep up to date with the evolving threat and vulnerability landscape, new technologies and service improvements
Industry recognised certifications such as Certified Splunk Administrator, CySA+, SSCP or equivalent experience
Understanding of the NIST Cyber Security Framework
Understanding of cloud security principles, hands-on experience with Azure Security Centre and AWS Guard Duty is also beneficial
Experience operating enterprise penetration testing programmes, scoping penetration tests and building remediation plans
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.
At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.
An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.
