Hackajob Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
Security Engineer
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Security Engineer
Security Clearance Required - DV ('Developed Vetting')
Location: Huntingdon, UK - Hybrid working policy 1- 2 days on-site
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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
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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 will be able to adapt as customer requirements, legislation and accreditation standards change over a programme lifespan.
These Positions Perform The Following Tasks
* Work under the direct supervision of the Security Engineering Lead too:
o Implement and maintain the Security tooling and technical controls
o Work with the engineering teams to ensure systems remain at the required security posture against baseline requirements
o Develop and document system security baselines.
o Work with the Protective Monitoring engineering team to ensure logs are forward to the SIEM capability
o Work with the customer and appropriate agencies to develop new policies, design processes, and procedures, and develop technical designs
o 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
o Malware
o App Control
o DLP
* Experience in implementing security requirements for a system:
o Microsoft OS
o Linux OS
o Virtualisation technologies
o Networking
o 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
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology
* Industries
Software Development
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