Cyber Security Analyst

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so it's an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform, we're able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our new platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, then it's to time to join us.

Job Purpose

The Cyber Security Analyst is primarily responsible for protecting the Betfred network and systems from Internet based cyber-attacks. This involves performing threat intelligence and research on upcoming IT trends, creating contingency plans, administering the businesses cyber security controls and tooling, reviewing suspicious activities, reporting security breaches, and educating the rest of the business on security measures.

Job Duties

• Own and remediate Security Incidents and Security Alerts as reported

• Ensure that the SIEM tool is logging all available assets and tune alerts to reduce false positives and to highlight new or additional IOC's where available

• Support with escalations from our Endpoint Detection & Response tooling

• Support the Betfred Security Incident Management process and post incident Investigations to find root cause of incidents and recommend improvements

• Testing the compliance and effectiveness of security controls

• Support creating and updating of Security Reporting & Metrics

• Ensure the business is regularly monitoring all assets for vulnerability identification and remediation

• Take ownership for the governance of patch management across Betfred

• Administering security solutions to improve detection capability and security posture.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• A degree in a relevant subject or experience in Infrastructure support role and/or experience working in a SOC/Security team

• Excellent understanding of current and new IT security technologies, breaches, and trends

• Experience of working with IT Service Management tools

Desirable

• Experience working in the gaming/betting space or similar sector

• Knowledge of ISO27001, PCI-DSS is advantages but not a requirement

• Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes, and technical security solutions

• Knowledge (but not a requirement) of the following security tools would be beneficial:

  • SentinelOne, Taegis XDR, Tenable.io, Tanium

• Knowledge of OWASP, Application Security and the principles of Secure Coding.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Security/Network Administrator or equivalent knowledge

• Previous Security Operations Centre (SOC) experience would be a plus

• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools

What's in it for you?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you're recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

• A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£40,000 - £50,000)

• Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions

• An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

• Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.

• Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay

• Long Service Recognition

• Access to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.

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