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Senior Technical Vulnerability Analyst is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and assisting in fixing security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in a system or network.
You will have a strong understanding of vulnerability management processes and tools for performing assessments and remediation activities.
You will also work closely with business and technology stakeholders and product owners in other IT and security teams to ensure that systems are secure and compliant with relevant regulations and standards.
What You'll Do
- Work with internal and external resources to coordinate the remediation of identified vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across various platforms and environments.
- Develop and implement effective remediation strategies and solutions.
- Work as part of a vulnerability scanning team to identify, prioritise and address high-risk vulnerabilities and misconfigurations
- Collaborate extensively with IT operations, development teams, and security architects to ensure effective vulnerability and misconfiguration mitigation.
- Collaborate with different business units, security leads, and Business Information Security Officers (BISOs) to align remediation efforts with broader business objectives and security policies.
- Develop and maintain documentation, including remediation guides and playbooks.
- Manage and track remediation efforts, ensuring timely closure and compliance with security policies and standards.
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders regarding the status of remediation efforts - including the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of regular, accurate and clear metrics.
- Support incident response activities related to vulnerabilities when required.
- Stay updated on emerging threats and adapt remediation strategies accordingly.
What you'll bring:
- Experience in vulnerability remediation and mitigation in complex IT environments.
- Experience of secure configuration scanning and mitigation/remediation in line with industry standard hardening benchmarks (e.g. CIS)
- Experience in broader Application & Infrastructure Security domains.
- Strong understanding of various operating systems, applications, and network infrastructures.
- Solid understanding on Vulnerability scanning tools (preferably Tenable) as well as opensource discovery tooling e.g. Nmap.
- Experience in scripting and automation to streamline remediation processes.
- Experience of consistently producing accurate and clear remediation compliance metrics for senior stakeholders.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across various teams and organizational levels.
- Evidence of Cyber Security relevant qualifications, training or accreditations (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+) and/or experience with common Cyber Security benchmarks and frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, Center for Information Security [CIS] Benchmarks)
Team overview
Cyber Security
Our products, platforms and technologies are constantly evolving that's why keeping Sky safe from cyber-attacks is one of our top priorities. Our Cyber Security team helps the business grow while protecting our customers, colleagues and partners from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Our team includes Cyber Fusion Centre, Security Services, Risk and Compliance, Programme Delivery and Business Security, and we work across the UK, Italy and Germany. Join us and you'll get involved in tackling challenges and future threats in an ever-changing cyber landscape.
The rewards
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster:
- "Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
Inclusion & how you'll work
Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky.
We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.
Your office space
Osterley
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
We'd love to hear from you
Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.
But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.
If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
