Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer
Arden University – 6 Month Fixed Term Contract, Reporting into Senior Information Security Engineer, Department: IT.
Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum. Hours per week: 37.
Responsibilities
As a member of the Information Security Team, you will actively implement new cyber security controls into the University’s infrastructure; investigate and report on attempted and actual breaches; compile reports and data for incidents as they occur and throughout the incident management process. The role is key in enhancing security measures, improving performance and ensuring end‑user satisfaction within Arden University’s IT Infrastructure.
Qualifications
Essential
* Significant practical experience in applying cyber security protection and detection technologies.
* Hands‑on experience in monitoring, managing and updating MS Sentinel, MS Defender and working with SOC engineers.
* Strong IT skills and knowledge including hardware, software, networking infrastructure and cloud services.
* Significant work experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics.
* Expert knowledge of security architecture, management of security tools and systems.
* Skills in applying current and emerging technologies to meet operational needs.
* Security protocols and principles.
* Security systems including anti‑virus, content filtering, authentication systems and device encryption.
* Security technologies related to firewalls, endpoint protection (EDR, XDR), DNS, VPN, MFA, DDOS mitigation, networking wired and wireless technologies (e.g., Cisco Meraki).
Desirable
* Recognised information security certification e.g. CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+.
* Experience of DevOps practices including automation, CI & CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins).
* Experience of AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch).
Benefits
* 30 days holiday + bank holidays, and a Christmas closure.
* Generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%.
* SimplyHealth plan option.
* Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles).
* Access to Perkbox benefits.
* Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for family and friends.
* Other excellent benefits.
* ‘Golden Ticket’ allowing you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education.
Our Values
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness – reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
Closing Date
December 15th
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria. For more details, please refer to the guidance.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We reach out to all groups.
Sponsored Visa
Some roles may not meet the points requirement for a skilled worker visa, but we welcome applications from candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through alternative routes.
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