Information Security Officer

In this role you will be responsible the Group’s security controls and solutions, ensuring control effectiveness against both threats, and a changing IT landscape. This role will work alongside other Information Security Officers but will have a primary focus on external stakeholders and compliance.

Working primarily in the disciplines of Architecture and consultancy, Identity and Access Management and Governance, Risk and Compliance you will be supported by a security operations and engineering team to deliver security, business value and cyber resilience.

This role will involve working with customers, suppliers, auditors, and other outside technical interest groups to demonstrate the assurance in Westcoast’s control framework and establish an ongoing trust.

Additionally, you will support a security transformation program playing an essential role in delivering initiatives.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities Will Include:

• Security assessment and management of Westcoast hosted and cloud infrastructure, networks, endpoints, and applications and data against threat models. Including developing testing and remediation plans with tracking.
• Working with system owners to drive the implementation of identity good practice and in particular single sign on and federated services
• Working with the Technical Design Board on developing security architecture and patterns.
• Stewardship of information security risks working with the Business Assurance team on reporting. Focusing on crown jewel systems ensuring risk posture and cyber resiliency needs.
• Ensuring technical risks form Data Protection Impact Assessments are managed
• Ensure policy exceptions and risks are recorded and managed on risk registers.

We are looking for someone who can shape change and has an experience in GRC, security architecture, consultancy and identity management. Our ideal candidate will have a focus on improvement, a passion security and strong technical skills.

To be successful in this role you will have some of the following skills and experience and the desire to develop in other areas:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a relevant full-time security position
• A security professional qualification such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CISA, ISO27001 Lead Implementor/Auditor, CEH or equivalent recognized Information Security discipline Degree: NCSC-certified degrees - NCSC.GOV.UK
• Previous experience and knowledge of security frameworks i.e. ISO27001, NIST, CIS Controls and PCI-DSS compliance
• An understanding of HMG security standards (e.g. Security Policy Framework, Cyber Essentials Plus, Cloud security principles etc.).
• Experience of managing Security incident and investigations including APT threat actors
• Some knowledge of specialized security tools would be highly desirable (e.g. Palo Alto, Tenable, Defender, Sentinel tools). would be very beneficial
• Cloud Computing experience from multiple vendors (O365, Azure, AWS, Google, etc.)

• Generous Benefits Package: A salary of up to £58,000 depending on experience. Enjoy 25 days of holiday, employee referral bonuses, perks and discounts. (Theale only - New fully equipped gym available 24/7).
• Wellbeing Support: Access to Westcoast Wellbeing services including mental health counselling, virtual GP services, physiotherapy, life insurance, eye care schemes, and more.
• Community & Connection: Our teams enjoy social and charitable events throughout the year, fostering a strong sense of belonging.

Westcoast Ltd established in 1984, the Westcoast Group remains privately held with its distributor arm, Westcoast Limited, distributing leading IT brands such as HP, HPE, Microsoft, Lenovo, Apple, and many others to a broad range of resellers, retailers and office product dealers in the UK and beyond.

Westcoast Limited has grown to become the number one UK distributor for many of our vendors and customers. The Westcoast Group employs more than 1,600 people across a number of locations in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Our revenues have seen a sharp increase in recent years reaching £3.5 billion in 2020.

We are consistently ranked in the Sunday Times Top Track of the 100 Largest Privately-owned UK Companies, and are now the largest privately-held business in the Thames Valley region

At Westcoast, we take pride in distributing some of the most renowned global IT brands to resellers, retailers, and organizations across the UK and beyond. As an innovative and inclusive company, we thrive on teamwork and the diverse talents of our people. We invite you to turn your passion into a rewarding career with us!