Information Security Analyst

Introducción del empleo

Are you an Information Security Analyst who can work as part of a proactive team to prevent and react to security risks? Would you like to contribute to the continued success of the largest family-owned Whisky distillery in the Scotland, responsible for iconic brands including: Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, Hendricks Gin, and Reyka Vodka?

William Grant & Sons are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Information Security Analyst to join our dynamic team. As an Information Security Analyst, you will play an important role in safeguarding our organisation's sensitive information and ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our data. If you are passionate about cybersecurity, we invite you to apply and contribute to our commitment to maintaining a secure and resilient information environment.

Responsabilidad del cargo

As an Information Security Analyst, you'll be at the heart of our Group Technology Services team, who ensure that William Grants & Sons have good practices and controls in place to protect our information and information systems. You will provide technical support and advice on Information Security activities across the business, helping to perform tasks such as assessing our third parties, to supporting projects to helping with training & awareness activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Information Security team to deliver against its overall strategy through the execution of key Information Security processes such as vendor assessments, providing security advice to users and generally supporting the network of Information Security Specialists
• Assisting with the engagement to key business stakeholders by answering queries and promoting security best practices to users throughout WG&S
• Helping to maintain the library of Information Security policies, standards and processes to ensure these are relevant, applicable and up to date
• Contributing to the program of Information Security training, Awareness and Comms activities to ensure security messages are being delivered to ensure that WG&S maintains an acceptable Information Security culture at all levels across the business
• Proactively staying up to date and informed on the latest security trends risks and techniques and how these could apply to WG&S
• Engaging with the GTS risk manager to ensure that Information Security risks are captured and being managed
• Supporting audits of both GTS and business areas which require Information Security input
• Planning security testing activities such as External website penetration tests to gain assurances WG&S operate a secure perimeter.
• Tracking the various compliance tasks and workstreams which the Information Security team are engaged with and ensure these are completed to required timelines

Nuestro candidato ideal

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Relevant work experience in an IT or information security related role
• Knowledge of key systems including M365 estate and tools set used for Governance & Compliance
• Good understanding of IT Technical principles including TCP/IP inter-networking
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of common information security vulnerabilities, threats and controls
• Experience in working with an Information Security policy framework and awareness of one or more of the more relevant Information Security frameworks such as NIST SP800-53, ISO27001 or CIS desirable
• Experienced in Information Security project engagement and comfortable with dealing with stakeholders at all levels in the business
• Understands and can interpret Information Security policies and apply them to identify risks and escalate where appropriate
• Can manage own workload and priorities and follow defined processes

Qué podemos ofrecerte?

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Acerca de William Grant & sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.