Security Analyst

QBE Management Services (UK) Limited

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee

Security Analyst

London/Hybrid

Who we are:

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future. We’re an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries. Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength, and embrace change to their advantage.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to regional team leads, the Security Analyst will be a key member of our rapidly growing Global Security Operations team.

This is an exciting hands-on technical role in which the analyst will use their security skills and knowledge to classify, analyse, prioritise and remediate security alerts/events of interest that have been triaged and escalated by Tier 1 Security Analysts.

The focus is to provide effective and proactive response to cyber security-related incidents and enquiries to better protect QBE’s assets and services. In addition, the roles will advise business stakeholders in the event of a security incident, and support incident management and escalation processes to the appropriate Application and System Owners.

Your responsibilities for this role may include, but are not limited to:

• Design/architecture for new security applications to improve the current security posture globally for QBE

• Contributes to, monitors and advises on the planned developments and changes in order to ensure relevancy, compliance and optimal delivery

• Provide recommendations for updates to IR handling processes and procedures

• Contribute to the ongoing development of security operations “best practice” and support continuous improvement

• Provide guidance regarding security technical support, and influence peers in following best practice

• Manage business continuity plan, and information back-up procedures, to ensure minimal disruption in the event of Cyber Attack

• Implement security initiatives aimed at improving the existing infrastructure

• Review new security products and ascertain their suitability for the QBE environment

• Execute threat hunting activities using various proprietary and open source tools to identify current and emerging threats that pose a risk to QBE

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to maintain and improve QBE security and enhance knowledge and information sharing

• Actively communicate with staff and third parties to correctly identify and resolve problems and manage their expectations

• Document incidents, requests and problem management information to ensure required compliance standards/SLAs are achieved

• Use security tools and resources to correlate suspicious events, providing context around the event, determine root cause and provide regular updates and recommend modifications to existing systems and procedures

• Perform deep-dive incident analysis of various data sources by analysing and investigating security related logs against short and medium-term threats and IOCs

• Execute vulnerability and web application assessments; provide analysis and recommendations to mitigate potential threats

• Proactively analyse threats to QBE’s systems, assets and business operations and provide recommendations for mitigating controls and/or remediation

• Act as a point of reference to guide and advise others to ensure the sharing of knowledge and best practice throughout the team

You will need to be able to display you have the following qualifications and experience:

• Good technical expertise of security solutions and technologies, including: Windows, Linux, Networking, Security Architecture experience and knowledge of packet flow/TCP/UDP traffic, Firewall and proxy technologies, cloud solutions, anti-virus, static and dynamic malware analysis techniques

• Working experience of performing analytics with different types of logs, i.e. network, active directory, database, DNS, firewall, proxies, host-based security, cloud and applications logs etc.

• Working experience in managing 2nd/3rd level security events

• Working experience on known SIEM, Log Correlation and Case Management Tools

• Experience of establishing and maintaining strong relationships with global security operations colleagues and other departments, including network teams and incident managers

• Demonstrated ability to make decisions on remediation and counter measures

• Be able to communicate effectively and update senior stakeholders globally

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Highly organized, self-motivated and able to work without direction.

• Able to anticipate problems and potential problems and take appropriate pre-emptive action

• Good planning and prioritization ability. Ability to manage concurrent activities with varying/conflicting priorities

• Ability to analyse, define and specify customer requirements

Preferred Knowledge:

• Demonstrable knowledge of MS threat detection technology such as Defender and Sentinel.

• Proven experience with ITSM technology such as ServiceNow

• Advanced understanding of tools, techniques and procedures that modern attackers use to compromise organisations.

• Demonstrable understanding of various security frameworks and methodologies such as OWASP 10, SANS TOP 25, NIST Incident Reponses, CERT Model, Diamond Model, MITRE ATT&CK, and the Extended Cyber Kill Chain.

Preferred Licenses/Certifications GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)Council for Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST)Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

Why QBE?

We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture