The Acorn Group are currently recruiting for an exciting new role in our Cyber Security Team as a Senior Cyber Security Engineer. Within this hands-on role you will have the opportunity to support the Head of infrastructure performing as a technical lead, whilst being able to influence the choice, implementation and management of technical solutions for the group.
Job Title: Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Location: Liverpool City Centre / Formby; Hybrid working available with management discretion
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 DOE

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Perform a technical lead role within the Security Operations team
• Oversee and review all security implementations, configurations, and maintenance of technologies to SLA’s & KPIs
• Ensure all necessary technical security controls are in place and implemented to best practice standards
• In collaboration with the Information Security function and technical peers, deliver cost effective security solutions, ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory policies and standards
• Work with the Project and Technical teams for change projects, ensuring security is considered throughout
• Provide day-to-day cyber security guidance and support to relevant technical & business stakeholders
• Continually monitor, maintain and test our threat landscape and security posture
• Perform regular reviews of our current security solutions and processes, identifying opportunities for optimisation
• Identify and evaluate alternative vendors & technologies to improve security posture & business requirements
• Support and influence the penetration testing and vulnerability scanning strategy, identifying and, working with your technical peers, resolve security vulnerabilities in a timely manner, in accordance with our security guidelines.
• Support the business in maintaining and achieving several industry certifications, aligning where appropriate, including PCI/DSS, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO27001
• Provide adequate governance support, maintaining a central security logging solution, analysing, mitigating, and reporting on any security threats identified as well as record on risk logs.
• Provide expertise & support in troubleshooting, resolution, mitigation and reporting of any security incidents and root cause analysis.

Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)

• Additional Buy & Sell Holidays
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• Company Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Generous Company Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Mental Health support system via the health assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• A wide network of mental health first aiders.
• Our very own reward and discount platform “Your tomorrow”
• Fresh fruit Deliveries twice a week
• £250 Refer a friend bonus
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test vouchers and a contribution towards the frames
• Regular Employment Engagement including ongoing competitions with fantastic prizes
• Charity fundraising event