Overview
Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer role at Arden University.
Employment type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Reporting into: Senior Information Security Engineer
Department: IT
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About Arden University: Arden is an aspirational, multi-award-winning university focused on innovation and digital education. Our vision is to be the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide.
About the Department
The Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer sits within the Information Security Team as part of the IT Department. This team ensures the security of Arden information and supports project delivery with appropriate solutions.
Our IT team is around 60 employees with a range of skills from software development to IT operations and IT security. We value employee development and have examples of progression within the team.
About the Opportunity
We are recruiting a Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer to join the expanding Cyber Security team. If you are looking for the next step in your information security career, this role could be for you.
As the Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a member of the Information Security Team and responsible for implementing new cyber security controls into the University’s infrastructure; investigating and reporting on attempted and actual breaches; compiling 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.
Responsibilities
* 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
* Enhance security measures and improve performance of the IT infrastructure
* Ensure end-user satisfaction within Arden University’s IT Infrastructure
About You
To be a good fit for this role, you will have:
Essential
* Significant practical experience in applying cyber security protection and detection technologies
* Significant 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
* Technical knowledge of security architecture, including operation and 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) including Cisco Meraki
Desirable
* Recognised information security certifications e.g. CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+
* Experience of DevOps practices including automation, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins)
* Experience of AWS, especially EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch
Why Arden
At Arden, you will be part of a passionate team committed to making education more accessible. Benefits include:
* 30 days holiday + bank holidays
* Aviva pension plan, company contributions from 7%
* SimplyHealth option
* Private Medical Insurance coverage (where applicable)
* Perkbox benefits
* Study Arden courses for free with discounts for family and friends
* Other excellent benefits
* Golden Ticket to gift Arden education
Our Values
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness. If these reflect you and you are excited by driving change in a growing business, we want to hear from you.
Closing Date: December 15
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course, you are not eligible for Student Experience roles due to potential conflicts of interest.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you wish to be considered under this scheme, indicate this in your application. For more details on the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from all groups and do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Note: Sponsorship statement: Some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa. We welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible via alternative routes.
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
* Industries: Higher Education
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