Penguin Random House UK is the world’s leading trade publisher, championing brilliant voices from across the globe, bringing stories, ideas and writing to audiences everywhere. We have a great opportunity for a Security Operations Analyst to join our Security Operations community on a permanent basis.

After finalising our technology, data and process merger recently, we in PRH UK Technology are now moving forward with our technology strategy to further enable the organisation to bring amazing voices to all. This involves harnessing the power of Cloud solutions, a constantly evolving security stance, the rejuvenation of legacy applications and further improving the way we engage with and manage our strategic partners and suppliers.

The Security Operations team is part of the wider Information Security community across Penguin Random House UK, ensuring our systems are monitored and protected against technical risk.

In this role, you’ll use a variety of security tools to monitor and manage technical security controls. This is a hands-on role supporting the Head of Security Operations to maintain and improve the security posture at Penguin Random House UK.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Being a focal point for technical information security expertise.

  • Managing the operational support of specific security technologies, products and services, including performing non-standard operations security tasks.

  • Monitoring internal and external cyber threats and vulnerabilities and ensure that company technical controls are appropriate.

  • Resolving security events and operational security issues.

  • Investigating minor security breaches in accordance with established procedures.

  • Supporting delivery of on-going security initiatives and security projects

Essential to succeed in this role:

  • Experience in the application of security requirements within a corporate environment including endpoint security, anti-malware, group policies, filtering services and vulnerability management.

  • Experience of securing cloud-based solutions and services.

  • Experience working in a service delivery environment, including responding to and investigating reported incidents/ requests through to resolution.

  • Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

While our offices are places for you to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, having flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. So, we don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to how we work across Penguin Random House UK.

For this role, there are regular meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person mainly at our offices in Nine Elms. Outside of these moments, you can choose to work remotely.

The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and you’ll discuss this with your manager during the recruitment process. But, what we can say is that you won’t need to go into the office five days a week (unless of course you want to!)

Please apply with your CV and cover letter by Wednesday 31st August. All interviews will be held virtually.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: £31,500 – £51,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

  • 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
  • Medical cover
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Summer working hours (role dependent) 
  • Volunteering policy and charity matching
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • Mentoring programme
  • Extended gender neutral parental leave
  • Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
  • Each site has trained mental health first aiders
  • We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.