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# Cyber Security Specialist

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** Leicester, UK
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £47,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Security Information and Event Management, Software Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** May 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gb965f378de83fed6849160dcab0362159

## About the Role

* Experience working with SOC tools - use case tuning, IPS/IDS, EDR, SIEM, Vulnerability scanning - any toolsets considered.
 * Experience working in alignment with security best practice frameworks (e.g. ISO27001, Cyber Essentials +, NIST, CAF)
 * Experience working alongside 3rd parties to enhance security posture would be ideal (MSSPs, Auditors etc.)
 * Experience responding to audit requirements and artefact gathering would also be ideal
 * Experience in an enterprise IT environment would be ideal

## Description

I'm on the lookout for a Cyber Security Specialist with some experience spanning technical security operations and GRC. The ideal candidate is someone with fundamental security operations experience (SIEM, EDR, Vulnerability), who has also worked in alignment with any security frameworks. If you've handled audits/accreditations from a technical perspective that'd be ideal.
Your new role will involve

 * Working alongside an MSSP and third-party security auditors on internal SecOps work, gap analyses and audits
 * Working on SIEM, EDR and Vulnerability Management tools.
 * Working in compliance with various security frameworks (ISO27001, Cyber Essentials +, NIST, CAF.)
 * Working alongside the MSSP to ensure that risks and alerts raised are relevant to the organisation, reducing false positives wherever possible
 * Assisting with vulnerability scans, assessments and remediation
 * Driving forward the security function with your knowledge of security best practice
 * Working on security related projects and reporting
 * Maintaining a contemporary knowledge of current threats and cyber trends
 * Assisting with incident response


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