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Security Operations Team Leader

Employer
DLA Piper
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
19 Jul 2019

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Vacancy Type
IT, Systems / Infrastructure management
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Manager
Role Classification
Other Professional

Job Details

THE OPPORTUNITY  

This role is responsible for the day to day activities of the security operations team of analysts and is being recruited as part of a programme of maturing the Firm's Security Operations Capability. It is a hands on management role and is expected to be pivotal in designing, implementing and mature processes across the function.    

The Information Security Group are responsible for InfoSec activities across the DLA Piper International firm. The Team Leader's primary objective is to ensure incident response and operational security activities are available and appropriate to meet the needs of the business.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES    

The Firm has an in house security operations team, supported by an MSSP, that manages incident response and general security operations activities covering Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe.    

The Team leader will be responsible for:

  • Providing leadership and management to an international team of analysts

  • Providing subject matter expertise on detection, protection and response of security events and incidents

  • Liaising with the operational IT teams on incident response and improvements

  • Reporting on key operational metrics from the team

  • Ensure operational processes are documented and kept up to date using feedback from incident lessons learned

  • Work with the Firm's MSSP on BAU monitoring and response activities

  • Ensure response capabilities are mature and tested on a regular basis

  • Supporting the firms assurance activities and security certifications

  • Taking part in the on-call rota to ensure 24x7 operational capabilities

  • Acting as a stand in for the Head of InfoSec Operations as needed

ABOUT YOU

  • Several years' experience of security operations activities, possibly in a SOC environment

  • Experience of wider operational security in international organisations

  • Demonstrable understanding of information security controls and technology

  • Team leadership/management

  • Experience of working with a ISO27000 ISMS

  • Excellent knowledge of technical security controls including Cisco firewalls & IPS, EDR solutions, web filtering, email filtering and logging & monitoring

  • Knowledge of Orchestration and Automation platforms

The role works closely with the IT Operational teams so must have a good technical knowledge but the team being led is not responsible for day to day security engineering.

The ideal candidate will hold the usual security certifications (CISSP, CISM, GIAC etc) and will be a technically astute security all-rounder. Its essential that the candidate can develop a holistic view of the firms security controls and be able to respond to security queries and incidents in an environment that is fast paced and sometimes demanding.     

The following characteristics are essential:

  • Service minded

  • Ability to deliver in a global organisation with different cultural challenges

  • Must have a pro-active approach

  • Must have a methodical troubleshooting method

  • Initiative and ability to work under time constraints

  • The ability to cope with multiple tasks/projects

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

  • Organised and self-motivated

  • Genuine passion for Information Security

  • Desire to develop (themselves, their colleagues and their capabilities)

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world.  We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering  practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.      

OUR VALUES   

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

  • Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

  • Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

  • Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION   

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.    

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent.  Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.    

AGILE WORKING    

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly.  That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.    

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING     

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we may conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.

Company

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients, and we achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.

We’re proud to serve an international client base that includes more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 companies. We help the world's top companies with their business-critical issues. Many of the deals we work on are complex and challenging – transcending not just practice areas, but borders, languages and legal systems. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology

As a firm we are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive culture for all of our people, where differences are genuinely valued. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual and we know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued.

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Location
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London
EC1A 4HT
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