Description
We are seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer (T4) to join our team at our Farnborough site and work remotely. As a trusted security practitioner, you will work with minimal direction on a critical programme and help raise the security bar across engineering and operations.
Main Objectives:
- Vulnerability Management, Reporting & Risk Prioritisation: Perform regular vulnerability assessments and generate actionable reporting using approved toolsets.
- Endpoint, Identity & Cloud Security Engineering (AWS): Design and assure cloud security controls across networking, identity, logging/monitoring, and configuration management.
- Incident Response Leadership & Operational Security: Lead or provide senior support to containment, eradication, investigation, and recovery activities.
- Secure Configuration, Hardening & Compliance Assurance: Ensure security toolsets are kept up to date with patches and software updates.
- Security Design Review, Change Impact Assessment & ST&V: Lead or support evaluation and impact assessment of proposed changes to security posture.
- Stakeholder Engagement, Governance & Decision Support: Provide clear security advice, risk-based recommendations, and decision support.
- Documentation, Mentoring & Continuous Improvement: Create, maintain, and review high-quality documentation and security evidence.
Essential Experience:
- Proven experience in a senior cyber security engineering role, delivering security outcomes across complex IT environments (on-prem and/or cloud).
- Practical experience implementing security as code and policy as code in AWS environments.
- Strong knowledge of secure configuration and hardening practices.
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability management and risk-based prioritisation.
- Experience supporting or leading incident response activities.
- Ability to communicate technical security issues clearly to non-specialists.
- Experience producing high-quality security documentation and evidence suitable for audit/assurance.
- AWS security-related certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty) or equivalent cloud security experience.