Information Security Analyst

Company Description

Culina Group is a leading UK 3rd party food & drinks logistics provider offering dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution solutions.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

We are currently recruiting for an IT Security Analyst, working across all Culina Group business units. As part of a growing team responsible for securing Culina Group’s IT estate and information, the successful candidate will play a key role in improving our security policies, procedures and technologies, working closely with stakeholders and partners to protect against security threats.

If you don’t currently have all the experience to cover each of the responsibilities listed below then don’t be put off, we are interested in candidates who already have some IT security or IT audit/risk experience, who is keen to develop their skills and grow with our rapidly changing and diverse business.

• Manage our user security education awareness and testing platform.
• Develop and issue security advisory guidance to raise end user security awareness.
• Develop and maintain a wide range of security policies, procedures and standards.
• Maintain IT risk registers for each of our businesses, including tracking remediation activities.
• Produce monthly security dashboards to be shared with senior management and drive continuous improvement.
• Perform security audits of processes and technologies to ensure compliance with standards and risks are managed.
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders including the Security team, our Sec Ops (Security Operations) team, our outsourced SOC/SIEM provider and other colleagues across IT and operational teams.
• Represent the Security team on projects and other new developments to ensure security is ‘designed in’ at the earliest stages.
• Monitor and respond to requests for help or incident reports, addressing queries and requests and escalating to other team members where appropriate.
• Investigate alerts issued by the SOC and escape where appropriate.
• Review and address tickets assigned by the IT Service Desk to the Security team, escalating where appropriate.
• Coordinate the work of third party service providers to ensure they deliver requirements on time and to an acceptable standard.
• Provide incident response support/investigation, including mitigating actions to contain activity and facilitating forensic analysis when necessary.
• Assist with ensuring compliance across the business with the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act and Computer Misuse Act.

• A demonstrable desire to progress within the Security profession.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ideally 1-2 years experience in an IT auditor Security role. If you don’t have this experience but have relevant educational qualifications in the IT security/risk arena then please still apply.
• Hold, be working towards or prepared to gain an entry level Security certification (e.g. Comptia Security+, ISO
  27001 LA/LI, CISMP etc).
• Possess technical IT skills but with an eagerness to acquire new skills.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work in order to meet the requirements of the business.
• An ability to develop effective working relationships with technical and non‑technical colleagues.

This role provides an excellent pathway into the I.T. Security career track, with opportunities to assist & shape various Security projects within the group.

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave –…