Lead Security Analyst (SOC)

Overview

Pearson is a global education company that helps people around the world to make progress in their lives through learning. With a rich heritage that combines 150 years of experience in publishing with the latest learning technology and digital services, we help people to learn whatever, wherever and however they choose.

We are now transforming Pearson to accelerate our activity in digital learning, education services and emerging markets. This will enable us to make a lasting impact in helping to solve some of the most important challenges in global education.

The Role

Key leadership role in the Security Operations Centre and report either to the Global SOC Manager or one of the local Managers. Provides leadership and guidance to an empowered team of 4 to 6 security analysts. Drives the SOC that are driven by delivery goals.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT and 3+ year in information security.
Bachelor’s degree in Computing, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent.

Strong skills and Passionate about security with a desire to advance career-wise through the SOC.

Excellent knowledge and clear understanding of information security concepts, tools, immerging threats/trends and mitigation techniques.

Strong leadership skills and the desire to learn and continuously improve on the quality, performance and other non-functional requirements.
Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with prompt and professionalism to the teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
Strong technical skills and handson experience in related tools & technologies.

Knowledge of any of the following specific technologies: Checkpoint, F5, Symantec, Qualys, Fortinet, VMWare, McAfee, syslog, QRadar, Splunk, AD, DNS
Knowledge of security technologies including: firewall, IDS/IPS/HIDS, AV, SIEM, vulnerability scanning.
Understanding of incident response methodologies and technologies.
Must have concise, detail-oriented approach to written/verbal communications and documentation.
Ability to handle fluctuating workloads, conflicting priorities and concurrent activities.
Ability to build strong relationships with internal teams, and senior leadership, is essential.
Should be calm and able to continue to provide a good service and lead the team when under pressure
ITIL V3 Foundations highly preferred.

Please submit your CV using the following link http://pearsonlankavacancies.peopleshr.com/