Managing Security Engineer

Do you have extensive experience with Splunk? Eligible for DV clearance? And can be based in either Gosport or Glasgow? If yes to all of this then read on!

As a Managing Security Engineer, you will be leading the design, documentation and installation of security monitoring tools/platforms to provide data to the Sopra Steria Security Operational Centre (SOC) for analysis. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that we have the correct tooling operating to ensure that we can provide protection and monitoring of our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess risks, design controls, and define testing requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• Successful track record leading teams within Security Engineering coupled with experience of leading large client engagements
• Strong client management and relationship building experience
• Ability to absorb complex information and communicate effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences, assess and evaluate risk and understand the implications of new technologies.
• SIEM experience with designing, implementing and maintaining Splunk
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with ability to assess complex situations, identify risks, and recommend effective solutions
• Demonstrate significant personal responsibility or autonomy, with little need for escalation

It would be great if you had:

• Knowledge of;
  Cloud, on-prem, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS environments
  Security incident response, code / malware analysis
• Strong coding skills
• CISSP-ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional)
• Other Cyber/information Security qualification (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, CCNA, SABSA)

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Gosport or Glasgow (1-2 days per week on one of the sites)
Security Clearance Level: SC Cleared, must be eligible for DV
Internal Recruiter: Rebecca
Salary: £55,000-70,000 per annum dependant on experience
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.