[Hiring] IT Security Analyst @GP Strategies

Role Description

Monitor, investigate, and respond to security events to protect the organisation’s endpoints, identities, and cloud environments. Proactively reduce risk through vulnerability management, security patch coordination, and cloud posture auditing, while contributing to continuous improvement through automation, reporting, and support for audit and vendor assurance activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and respond to security alerts and escalations to ensure timely identification and mitigation of potential threats.
• Conduct regular vulnerability scanning and remediation using Tenable.io to identify and help mitigate risks within existing systems.
• Assist with security patching and updates for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems using Microsoft Intune and Quest KACE SMA to maintain system hygiene.
• Help maintain a strong CSPM framework by auditing AWS and Azure environments against CIS Benchmarks and established security policies.
• Monitor and manage the Microsoft Defender suite to detect and investigate threats across endpoints, identities, and cloud workloads.
• Develop and maintain automated security playbooks and workflows to increase the efficiency of incident response and repetitive security tasks.
• Execute periodic phishing simulations to evaluate employee awareness and identify high-risk user groups.
• Support internal and external audits and participate in vendor onboarding by providing technical evidence and helping ensure security requirements are met.

Candidate Profile

• Alert triage and incident response capability, including investigation using logs and telemetry.
• Practical vulnerability management and patch coordination across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments.
• Working knowledge of cloud security posture management across AWS and Azure, including assessment against CIS Benchmarks.
• Continuous improvement mindset with interest in automating playbooks/workflows and strengthening controls over time.