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Information Security Specialist
£62,500 - 65,000
Ridley Place 28, Newcastle upon Tyne
£62,500 - 65,000
Requirements
Must:
- Several years experience in information security, incident response, or threat management
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior business leaders
- Confident managing non-urgent internal incidents (user behaviour, data misuse, policy failures)
- Experience planning and leading tabletop exercises
- Good understanding of insider threat management and investigative processes
- Knowledge of standard cyber tooling (e.g., Microsoft stack)
- Awareness of risks linked to critical national infrastructure
- Calm, analytical approach - especially under pressure
Technologies
Responsibilities
- Lead and improve the organisations incident response processes
- Handle non-urgent infosec incidents such as poor data handling, internal user behaviour issues, and policy breaches
- Troubleshoot incidents appropriately and guide stakeholders through containment and recovery
- Plan, run, and deliver tabletop exercises - especially those involving senior leadership
- Conduct post-incident reviews and embed lessons learned into BAU operations
- Take ownership of a significant insider threat programme
- Work with HR, Legal, Compliance, SOC, and data teams on detection, investigation, and prevention
- Maintain confidentiality and a structured, methodical approach throughout
- Monitor and interpret threat developments, especially those relevant to critical national infrastructure
- Translate intelligence and technical detail into clear, actionable insights
- Promote a strong, business-aligned security culture
- Engage regularly with high-level stakeholders across the organisation
- Partner with the Business Continuity Lead on exercises, planning, and major incident simulations
Description
We are a global organisation with a complex digital environment seeking an experienced Information Security Specialist to strengthen our incident response capability and drive a major insider risk programme. You will join a highly collaborative security function, working closely with a small team of specialists and engaging with senior stakeholders across the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, where your expertise will contribute to enhancing our security posture.
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