Hackajob Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
hackajob is collaborating with Leidos to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
Security Engineer
Location: Huntingdon, UK (Hybrid; 1–2 days on site)
Security Clearance Required – DV (Developed Vetting)
Overview
We are in search for a number Cyber Security Engineers with a varied technical background – required to work at our customer sites in Huntingdon and/or London with occasional travel to other UK sites. In this role, you will be working in a team of security engineers reporting into the cyber security engineering lead to ensure that the customer sites maintain a strong cyber security posture.
You will have responsibility for ensuring that security enforcing functions and managed and maintained to a high standard whilst securely implementing new capabilities.
You will ensure that Leidos can establish and maintain an effective and efficient security in service capability for a programme, and that the designs are implemented and managed and will be able to adapt as customer requirements, legislation and accreditation standards change over a programme lifespan.
Responsibilities
* Work under the direct supervision of the Security Engineering Lead
* Implement and maintain the Security tooling and technical controls
* Work with the engineering teams to ensure systems remain at the required security posture against baseline requirements
* Develop and document system security baselines
* Work with the Protective Monitoring engineering team to ensure logs are forwarded to the SIEM capability
* Work with the customer and appropriate agencies to develop new policies, design processes, and procedures, and develop technical designs
* Assess system vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation strategies, validate secure systems, and test security products and systems to detect security weakness
Process Skills/Experience
* Experience of a taking a defence in depth and multi-layered approach to security architecture
* Experience of implementing detective and preventative security controls to reduce risk to an acceptable level
* Understanding of the controlling processes for, and experience of a significant portion of, the systems engineering lifecycle (e.g. requirements management, configuration management)
* Understanding of different lifecycles/methodologies (waterfall, incremental, SAFE agile, DevOps)
* Experience in performing design trade off working with architects and other engineers to deliver an integrated and coherent solution
* Understanding of service operations and security operational management planning
* Experience working in both delivery and proposal environments
* Experience of Defence Digital and relevant solutions and approaches across MOD
Technology Skills/Experience
* Excellent understanding of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) and practical experience in applying that.
* Endpoint Protection products
* Experience in implementing security requirements for a system: Microsoft OS, Linux OS, Virtualisation technologies, Networking, Endpoint Security Products
* Working knowledge of the accreditation process for secure/sensitive systems
* Experience in producing/updating Design artefacts
* Understanding of the implementation, operation and maintenance of SIEM products
* Understanding of network and boundary protection technologies (firewalls, mail gateways, load balancers, anti-virus)
* Understanding of authentication and authorisation technologies (SAML, LDAP, PKI, etc)
* Understanding of security infrastructure in Public and Private cloud, e.g. virtual network infrastructure, hybrid IaaS/PaaS/SaaS solutions
Communication and Soft Skills
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and works well in a team environment
* Capable of developing and communicating a vision to meet the System Requirements
* Ability to communicate complex technical ideas across a wide range of different audiences
* A good level of commercial awareness that will support the bid and delivery environments
Desirable Experience
* Experience working in both delivery and proposal environments
* Experience working in MOD or Home Office project environments
* Working within an AGILE environment
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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