Associate Cyber Security Consultant

**About Advantio**

Established in 2009, Advantio maintains an extensive team of consultants and security testing experts to provide digital security and assurance to its customers. Originally established as a payment compliance market leader, Advantio has grown from an established and leading payment security and compliance organisation in Europe to develop its comprehensive Cyber Security and Managed Security Services expertise - offering consultancy, products, and services to support organisations to first understand or their own cyber security related business risks and then by providing suitable and affordable solutions to manage those risks effectively and to remediate against threats proportionately. Advantio primarily serves the FinTech and Payment Card industries and is recognised by VISA as one of Europe’s top Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) providers.

**Why Advantio?**

Upon joining the Advantio family, you will become an Advantioer We are committed to ensuring all Advantioers achieve their professional goals, which is why we provide an effective learning and development program tailored to meet your goals and aimed at enabling you to become successful during a long and prosperous career at Advantio.

Within our Academy concept, you will learn from industry experts, supported by a combination of structured online, face-to-face, and on-the-job training and, where necessary, by undertaking industry-recognised certification. In addition to this we can also provide the following benefits.
- Competitive salary - depending on experience.
- An annual commitment of at least 100 hours for your continuing professional development.
- Defined (but also flexible) career paths and certification support.
- Company Healthcare Plan.*
- Performance-based bonus scheme.
- Remote/hybrid working model - work from (almost) anywhere.
- Home working equipment and funding support.
- Daily lunch vouchers.
- _dependent on location_

**Role Mission**:
To learn and to assist in the effective delivery of a variety of security engagements for Advantio’s customers, helping them to become more resilient on time and on budget.

**What You Will Be Doing?**
- Begin growing your cyber security skills and competencies within a wider team - get to know industry standards, best practice, and soak up the experience of our mentors.
- Support other team members, by participating in challenging but rewarding information/cyber security projects.
- Develop abilities and experiences by designing, participating, and updating organisational security policies, standards, guidelines using best practices definition.
- Help coordinate all aspects of design, implementation, planning, testing, and governance of security plans e.g., Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
- Build and update security metrics, documenting customer requirements and assisting the wider team in demonstrating effective knowledge transfer, reporting on key findings of onsite and offsite audits.
- Assist with analysis, documentation, and remediation actions in response to audit findings.
- Educate our customers on cyber security risks - the why and the how; this will help their assets become more secure and improve your consultancy acumen.
- Recommend best cyber security practice to customers, going above and beyond to ensure they understand how to improve their security and maintain industry standards.

**Knowledge & Skills Required**:

- Degree level qualification in Computer Science, IT, Cyber Security, or a related field.
- Basic knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST or COBIT frameworks.
- Technical knowledge of security, networking, and cloud environments.
- Familiarity with Linux and Microsoft products.
- Basic knowledge of computer networks (Firewall, Switch, router, OSI model, etc.).

**Key Competencies**:

- Planning and organisation.
- Analysis and problem solving.
- Attention to detail.
- Time management.
- Customer orientation.

**Values**:

- _Harmony, always strive to create harmony_
- _Openness, always be open_
- _Social Responsibility, be socially responsible_
- _Timeless, Whatever you build make it timeless_
- _Accommodating, Make our customers feel at Home_
- _Learning, Be a Learn it all_
- _Delivering Results_