Are you ready to play a key role in propelling organisations on their data driven journey?

Sword builds foundations across platforms, data, and applications and our people have a shared passion for technology and solving complex business challenges for our customers.

Our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.  Our people and culture are our highest priority in all we do. Measurable feedback is captured annually to ensure we continue to improve and develop our offering.

If these values are important to you, and you are looking to take the next step in your career with an established and growing company, we’re delighted to share a newly created opportunity to join the Sword team in the role of Security SME.

As the pre-eminent provider of Information Technology services to the Energy Sector in Aberdeen, we have an opportunity for an experienced Information Security SME.

About the role:

The Information Security SME will provide the information security solutions across a diverse range of complex IS projects for our E&P customer.

Role responsibilities:

At Sword, we are proud of cultivating a respectful workplace that values the contribution of all our people, whatever their background or stage in their career.  We welcome your application should you hold the right core experience, knowledge and your application sufficiently outlines your relevant skills or transferrable skills in this area.  If you believe you're qualified, but don't "check all the boxes", please still submit an application and we will explore your experience further.

Here are the key skills and experience relevant to this role:

• Act as an SME for Security function in support of ongoing integration activities,
• Responsible for supporting business to deliver secure and reliable IT services,
• Pro-active delivery of Enterprise based Information and Cyber Security solutions enabling the delivery of secure and reliable IT infrastructures,
• Working with Security Manager, Security Architect, Infrastructure Manager and Security Operations Lead in the protection of the Information services,
• Provide SME level security knowledge and design engineering that leads to the creation of high quality, secure by design, project deliveries. Examples of projects:
• Secure Internet Access
• Voice
• Privileged Remote Access
• VPN consolidation
• Information Management (Records Management & Data Governance)
• Infrastructure Road Mapping
• Security Email Gateway
• Identifying security related risk from projects and leading risk assessment processes,
• Identify divergences from best practice / security policy within projects and lead resolution processes,
• Liaison and engagement with third-party vendors to assess third-party risk.

Requirements

• IT/IS oil and gas experience,
• Experience in company divestments and integrations an advantage,
• Security Risk Assessment,
• Network Architecture Principles,
• Web and Email Security Technologies,
• Security Delivery within Azure and other Cloud Environments,
• Vulnerability Management and Security Logging and Monitoring Tools,
• Virtualisation and Containerisation,
• Edge Security Technology, IAM, PAM,
• Data Security and Governance,
• Ability to act proactively, escalating as required,
• Strong documentation and skills,
• Excellent problem-solving skills,
• Strong knowledge and experience of IT change management processes and principles,
• ITIL Foundation,
• Qualified in one or more of CISSP, CRISC, CCSP or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Our people are supported and encouraged to develop their career with Sword through their own personal learning and development plan, alongside a competitive salary, pension, private health, wellbeing and insurance schemes, a flexible approach to working, and employee assistance programme.

Sword is committed to maintaining a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  All applicants receive equal consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.