Are you an experienced IT Security Specialist?
We have an exciting opportunity for an IT Security Specialist to join our Information Security team, to identify and implement potential improvements and provide an excellent user experience and secure services across Protas.
About Protas
Protas is an independent not-for-profit organisation, designing and delivering large, global randomized clinical trials of treatments for common and other life-threatening diseases. Protas is led by the epidemiologist and physician, Professor Sir Martin Landray, who has over 20 years’ experience of leading large, randomized clinical trials as part of a team at Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Population Health. Most recently, he has been co-leading the landmark RECOVERY clinical trial into treatments for COVID-19 which identified that treatment with the inexpensive steroid drug dexamethasone improved the chances of survival for the most severe cases.
About the role
As IT Security Specialist, you will ensure Protas technology is secure, resilient, and trusted by maintaining and monitoring security controls across Protas technology services, including Microsoft 365 (Azure, Intune, Purview, Office 365, Qualys VMDR, Patching) and other services such as Salesforce. You’ll identify and implement potential improvements to provide an excellent service across Protas, including incorporating self-service (Scripting), automated reporting, collaboration, and isolation where appropriate. You will assist in the design, configuration, implementation, assessment, and maintenance of security across all Protas’ platforms and their associated software, ensuring best practices are implemented to maintain a high level of performance and security. You’ll support the Head of Information Security in the delivery, maintenance, and improvement of Protas’ Information Security Management System, including drafting, updating, and maintaining policies, procedures, and guidance documentation as well as providing input to specific pieces of work and cross-team projects. You’ll use your expertise to drive the use of automation techniques to maintain the service and lead technical change, taking ownership of issues and problems, providing advice to relevant stakeholders and developing/implementing tools and services that provide an excellent user experience. Finally, you’ll respond to remediation actions and participate in response activity.
About You
You hold qualifications in CompTIA Security +, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft (365/Defender/Office/Exchange) and you hold (or are working towards) ISO27001 (at LI or LA level) and knowledge of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus or NIST Framework, in addition to holding (or working towards) CCSP, CISSP, CISA, CRSIC, or CISM. You have broad and demonstrable experience implementing security controls and tools and acting as a systems/security administrator for Microsoft Office 365 services including Intune, Azure Information Protection, Azure Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Salesforce, and Teams, along with experience working within a Tier 3 infrastructure role, provisioning and managing environments with input to compliance and auditing. You have a proven track record of working on and leading collaboration projects using Microsoft technology and you also have an understanding of IAM, RBAC, and Conditional Access and working and integrating with Salesforce from a security perspective.
Protas is committed to being a diverse and inclusive organisation. We are open to discussions on flexible working arrangements. We strongly encourage applications from people from all backgrounds. For disabled applicants, please contact us to let us know of any adjustments we can make to support you during the recruitment process.
We are currently a primarily remote working organisation; however, there are expectations for travel for attendance at meetings, the frequency of which varies by role and team. We welcome applications from locations across the UK (applicants must have the right to work in the UK).
Salary: circa £60,000 per annum.
Please note this role closes on: 24th November, though early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
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