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📍 Newport | 💼 6-month contract + likely extension | 🏢 Fully onsite | 💷 Up to £90 per hour (Umbrella) | 🔐 DV Clearance required / British Nationals only
We’re recruiting for an experienced Contract Cyber Engineer to join a major defence cyber security function. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands‑on technical problem solving, acting as a senior point of escalation, and supporting a high‑performance Security Operations Centre (SOC).
You’ll work within a specialist cyber defence organisation, supporting the smooth running of security tools, leading operational engineering activity, and ensuring that new security projects transition successfully into the live environment.
Responsibilities
* Act as the senior escalation point for SOC engineering issues
* Support SOC Analysts and Engineers with toolset faults, troubleshooting and ongoing operational work
* Oversee toolset availability, performance, and capacity
* Support change and release management, including planned upgrades and deployments
* Ensure new systems introduced by the design team can be supported operationally
* Maintain a strong awareness of emerging cyber technologies, tools and best practice
* Work with the wider Airbus Cyber Defence Centre on tooling and security product improvements
* Provide technical input into documentation, processes, and service support activities
Essential Qualifications
* Strong working knowledge of core SOC tooling e.g. SIEM/Splunk, IDPS, Email/Web security, Firewalls
* Hands‑on experience with Cisco ASR, Palo Alto or Fortinet firewalls
* Excellent understanding of network technologies (LAN/WAN, routing, switching)
* Experience with scripting or programming (PowerShell, Python, Bash etc.)
* Experience with Windows Server and RedHat (RHEL) administration, including CIS hardening
Desired Skills
* vCenter / VMware ESXi / vSAN
* Nessus / Tenable
* SQL / MariaDB
* CheckMK, Jira, Syslog management
* Patch management (WSUS etc.)
* AD / LDAP / PAM
* Backup/restore solutions
* Disaster recovery and service continuity
* ISO 27001 / Cyber Essentials
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