Contract:  Full-time, permanent
Location: Currently working from home but normally based at 86 Fetter Ln, Fetter Yard, Holborn, London EC4A 1AD with flexibility around working from home.
Salary: Negotiable
Closing date: Ongoing

Who we are

The Workshop is a tech company that develops incredible software for the online gaming industry. Living by the motto “Fearlessly Forward,” innovation is at the centre of everything we do, whether it’s our games, new products and technologies. We understand that great ideas come from great people, and great people thrive when they’re trusted to challenge, change, improve, and perfect our products and processes. Our strength lies in the diversity of our skills, and that comes from the diversity of our people. The Workshop is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other, trust each other, and value collaboration. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, belief (or lack thereof,) and programming language preference. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer a pleasant, supportive place to work – whoever you are. It’s a place where you can try new ideas, take risks, and move Fearlessly Forward.

Working with the National Autistic Society through the Autism at Work Programme, we are looking for a passionate Cyber Security Analyst to join our evolving Cyber Security capability, providing value service to business colleagues and customers in the world of risk awareness, protection and mitigation.

Our work is complex and varied, wherein you will have opportunity to stretch your knowledge and experience. There will be constant opportunity to grow as well as the natural repetition that comes with cyber security operations.

You will have opportunity to lead, as well as follow. There are constant tasks to be done, as well a necessity to get involved in myriad projects, programmes and initiatives across the group, as well as within the Cyber Security team.  

What you'll do

• Undertake cyber security operational activities, including event and incident investigation, process development and optimisation, playbook and exercise development.
• Foster relationships across the business, helping to develop security interventions that match current business need.
• Manage incident response processes through to closure, including leading and collaborating on lessons learned and root cause activities.
• Collaborate across a global organisation to provide contextual risk information to business colleagues, influencing strategic and operational decision making.
• Leading and owning security initiatives across the full gamut of people, process and technological transformation.
• Seeking innovative, problem solving, solutions to improve the maturity, or efficiency of the Cyber Security team.
• Providing input and ideas into commercialisation of services and solutions that we can or could provide to prospective and existing clients.
• Delivering exceptional service to our business colleagues and external clients.
• Internal and external consulting opportunities.
• Multiple technologies from cryptocurrencies to exchange and everywhere in-between.
• Development of core risk management concepts, such as vulnerability management or threat intelligence production, consumption and contextualisation.
• Researching and developing a proficiency in current and emerging threats, vulnerabilities and security technology developments.
• Create and present findings on cyber-security threats, attacks, incidents, and other indicators of cyber-security issues.
• Assessing the organisation’s risk exposure and measuring the variety of parameters which make up said risk.
• Optimising and automating repetitive tasks. Constantly seeking to improve how we operate, from daily tasks to fundamental domain constructs.
• Participating in knowledge sharing with other analysts to develop solutions and continued improvement opportunities.
• Developing strategic goals, defining outcomes and success criteria and measuring positive effects. 

What you'll bring

• An inquisitive nature and a problem-solving approach.
• A voice and fresh ideas.
• A thirst for learning and a willingness to challenge how things are done when opportunity to improve is available.
• Familiarity with cyber-security concepts and technologies.
• An enthusiastic and ambitious attitude.
• A want to figure things out from your own initiative.

Some useful skills and/or knowledge areas:

• Cyber Security domain understanding.
• Risk framework awareness.
• Experience in security operations, or other Cyber Security disciplines.
• Technology understanding, especially core concepts, like networking, protocols, OSI model, operating systems.
• Development, scripting and coding experience.
• Data science and analysis techniques.
• Threat modelling frameworks and usage.
• Malware concepts and mitigation approaches.
• Adversarial concepts

What's in it for you

• Private medical insurance.
• Pension plan.
• A range of benefits to choose from.
• Learning and training opportunities to keep skills sharp.
• Season ticket loan.
• Six weeks’ paid leave for every four years of service.
• Flexible working hours, wellbeing programmes and growth opportunities.
• Team building events, learning labs and Hackathons/Designathons. 

How to Apply

If you are interested in this role and would like to find out more, read about The Workshop and please contact the Enterprise and Employment Team at the National Autistic Society, Enterprise.Team@nas.org.uk

To apply for this role, please email your CV along with a cover letter to Enterprise.Team@nas.org.uk