Business Analyst, Security Analyst, Cyber Security Business Analyst

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Skills and Experience Summary

Experience and skills in the delivery of Security tools within IAM, PAM, SOC, SIEM and Network Monitoring solutions
Project analysis and delivery in both traditional waterfall and agile delivery.
RFP / RFI
Process engineering and re-engineering
Business Change impact and delivery
E2E Solution Delivery
Working with in-house and offshore development teams
Delivery of Business Change, improvement, and legacy transition Projects
IPD Qualified IT Trainer.
Excellent client facing communication and presentational skills.
Results orientated & focused with a consistent record of achievement.
PAM Solution Analysis and Support experience with CyberArk and Thycotic implementations
SIEM / SOC upgrades and implementation
Security Tooling (EDR / Cloud Security / SIEM / SOC) definition and Implementation
PRINCE2 experience.
SAFe

CAREER HISTORY 2016 -2023

March 23 To Date Birmingham City University Cyber Security Programme
Consulting Business Analyst to BCU Cyber Security function. Working together with Senior Security team and business Users across the organization to progress Cyber Security programme deliverables.
Develop As Is view for SIEM / SOC Security functions and tooling.
Support gap analysis and creation of Security Target Operating model
Support various Security Tooling implementations Email Security (Mimecast). Crowdstrike Falcon Gold, EDR Service implementation. Manage Requirements, perform Gap Analysis, facilitate associated Process review, and support implementation.
Build As Is and To Be view of BCU SOC activities and tooling.
Cyber Essentials+ Accreditation perform Analysis and Fact gathering, prescribe remediations for non-compliant issues. Drive End User remediation and compliance activities (Network Controls / Access, IAM and Privileged User Controls)
BA Lead supporting early Project activities for proposed IAM / PAM solution.
Support Security Architect in production of Cyber Security Capability Framework
Support the Cyber Culture Project including Cyber Security Policy Review and implementation.
Support selection and implementation of Phishing Campaign Provider
Specification of requirements for delivery of improved End User Cyber Security Education.
Supporting Cyber Security Project Board Papers and Presentations

December 21 March 23 Consulting BA Kingfisher - Cybersecurity Programme
Lead analyst within Kingfisher Cyber Security delivery Team
Lead requirements gathering for RFPs and Solution functionality and implementation requirements.
Security Use Case Modelling in conjunction with Cyber Defense (SOC) and Cloud Platform Teams
Complete To Be modelling and delivery of all supporting security processes, SOC, detection, triage and remediation processes.
Development of Service Wrap documents for implementation of new security tooling On Prem and Cloud including, SIEM replacement (Splunk), Cloud Security (CSPM /CW), Endpoint Security (EDR), Network Security (NIM) Brand Protection (Dark / Open Web threat hunting) Security Posture management (BitSight) and Bug Bounty
Develop RBAC and Access Models for new Security tooling including specification of changes to the existing Service Now access provisioning.
Working with Cloud Platform and Cyber Defense Teams to prepare for the operationalisation of new security tooling.
Lead analyst on Information Security and Risk initiative to develop and deliver improvements to the Vendor / 3rd Party Security vetting and lifecycle management.
Reviewing Kingfisher Standards and Policies and making recommendations for new updates to be made based on the delivery of new security tooling implementations and security requirements.
August 2021 November 21 - FCA Consulting BA IDAM / Security and Vetting
Lead BA on Security and Vetting Workstream.
Work with key Stakeholders from the Senior Leadership team, Project, Risk and Controls and HR to agree scope, objectives, deliverables, and acceptance criteria for workstream.
Manage Security and Vetting Workshops to scope and shape deliverables.
Produce As Is view of existing processes and systems around S&V
Identify existing impacted Policies and Standards for Security and Vetting
Assist in creating plan for roll out of new Policies and Standards across the business.
May 2021- July 2021 Protiviti Interim Consulting Business Analyst / IAM Financial Services
Consulting Business Analyst on IAM Project (interim)
Leading on delivery of IAM / Access Re-Certification Process Workstream
Author Process documentation for revised Access Re-certification process

Expectations

Seeking next new Contract or role. Coming with 8 years experience of working as lead BA specifying and delivering Cyber Security Projects across, retail, finance, higher education sectors

Employment Preferences
Expected Base Salary

**,000 GBP

Expected Hourly Rate

** GBP/hr

Experience

Total Professional Experience

30 years

Startup Experience

5 years

Big-Tech Companies

no experience

Enterprise Experience

30 years
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