information security engineer

information security engineer Birmingham, England

Proactive IT
Full Time Birmingham, England 57000 - 50000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

9935SR

£50k – 57k per year

IT Security Engineer

Hybrid – 1/2 days in the office

Our client, a leading banking organisation in the UK have an exciting opportunity for an IT Security Engineer to join their close knit team in Birmingham. The role will work alongside their existing team as well as a 3rd party SOC to help find issues or weaknesses in the environment as well as implementing new platforms/microsoft solutions as they come available.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively develop tools to improve detection and response of security related events and incidents across the business

Identify, improve and automate IT related processes

Identity and define system security requirements

Work with SOC and Threat Intelligence analysts to analyse, review and remediate security related incidents/logs, as well as automating the process as much as possible

Contribute towards building maintainable SIEM, SOAR and SOC solutions

Introduce and architect new technologies and platforms to improve Secure Trust Banks security posture and resilience

Define, document, maintain and issue IT security related build and configuration documentation

Configure, maintain IT security related infrastructure devices

Work with the Infrastructure team to design secure configurations for network and system architecture

Prepare and document standard operating procedures and protocols

Complete comprehensive reports including assessment based findings, outcomes and propositions for further system security enhancement

Be an escalation point for the Service Desk in respect to IT security-related matters

Undertake threat monitoring using defined sources of intelligence from across the industry and keep abreast with the latest and emerging threats and security trends.

Test adherence to security policies and operational procedures utilising various testing methods (e.g. vulnerability scanning, liaising with external Pen Test providers, configuration reviews etc.)

Conduct IT risk assessments for solutions, processes and applications.

Support with the development and testing of desktop, laptop, server and mobile builds

Knowledge/Experience

Hands on experience in the maintenance and administration of security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc

Experience of Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender

Experience with Windows and *nix operating systems, including public and private hosting.

Experience architecting, implementing and maintaining security systems

In-depth knowledge with various web related technologies and network/web related protocols

Experience in creating in-house tools or security related applications/controls

Good practical knowledge of IT security monitoring tools / SIEM solutions.

Experience of IT testing tools, including but not limited to vulnerability scanners, data discovery and network auditing.

Knowledge of scripting and programming languages (PowerShell, Python, C#, bash etc)

Hands on experience with code repository maintenance, CI/CD pipelines

Ability to identify and implement areas for improvement following Change Control and IT governance practices.

Credible and able to communicate with employees at all levels.

Good understanding and use of of IT/Cyber/Information Security control frameworks, such as ISO27001, ITIL and or Cobit.

People facilitation skills.

Ability to apply general / commercial awareness, specifically in the areas of security and IT services.

Ability to communicate technical data to a non-technical audience.

IT Security Engineer

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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information security engineer
Proactive IT

www.procomcare.com
Charlotte, United States
Steve Kennen
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1 to 50 Employees
Company - Private
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