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We are a leading international law and professional services firm providing legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital market participants and investment fund managers. With a global presence spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we advise on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey.
We treat everyone as the intelligent professional they are. Our approach is to trust and empower our people to deliver consistently, and enable them to succeed. Diversity is our secret weapon – it’s the sheer breadth of Walkers people that makes us who we are – gathered from across the globe and fluent in languages, jurisdictions and cultures that help us to mirror our clients and keep our own thinking in tune with the world in which we operate.
Office: London (hybrid - 2 days in the office per week)
Duration: 12 month FTC
The Information Security Team is a central support unit responsible for providing a complete security service to the Walkers.
The Security Engineer will report to Information Security Operations Manager and work with the Information Security Operations team for implementing and maintaining our security controls and tools. Work collaboratively with other departments to improve our security posture.
They will be specifically responsible for completing the implementation of a number of strategic based security solutions for new security tooling or existing.
The engineer will also participate in security related service management processes (incident, change and problem management) and will participate in the planning, design, enforcement and review of security controls which protect the integrity of Walkers IT.
“The ideal candidate will have worked within a Legal, Financial Services organisation or a similarly regulated company.”
There will be an element of change, implementation or scheduled maintenance to be conducted outside of standard business hours. In the event of an IT Security emergency the security engineer may also be required.
The Information Security Team is a central support unit responsible for providing a complete security service to the Walkers.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the Information Security team to ensure continuous security improvement.
- Support and deliver secure design and implementation for the Walkers IT security maturity programme projects.
- Support the integration of new IT Security technologies. Introduce and integrate tools to enhance internal capabilities for routine security testing activities.
- Develop and deploy tools and automation to streamline common IT Security Operations tasks.
- Identify areas of cyber security improvement to ensure cyber security and data security by design controls.
- Collaborate closely with IT and Development teams to embed security-by-design principles into development processes .
- Conduct reviews of existing tools and processes, identifying gaps and implementing enhancements to strengthen our security posture.
- Perform security scanning and vulnerability management, taking proactive measures to reduce operational risks.
- Monitor security alerts and implement mitigations to safeguard against potential threats and attacks.
- Support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions that protect corporate data across platforms, devices, and environments globally.
- Monitoring and managing responses to the Security Incidents and Security DLP.
- Standard, third party and privilege Identity Access Management
- Operate, manage and improve HSM key management infrastructure.
- Remediation of external, internal vulnerabilities, web application scanning and patch compliance.
- Cyber Incident Management and or Security Forensic experience.
- Documenting High Low and Detailed Level designs for review and presentation.
- Representing IT security at the Change Authority Board, Architecture Review Board
- Attend IT and Security operational meetings.
Required Experience
- Relevant Cyber Security Engineer experience. Hands-on technical support experience in IT and Network Security Engineering and/or Systems Engineering roles.
- Substantial experience in Security Technology Management and Incident Response, including proficiency in SOC, Malware, Ransomware, Threat Analytics, Server and Endpoint security.
- Must be proficient in writing up documentation. Clear and concise presenting skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and convey complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to identify and address security vulnerabilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and respond quickly to security incidents or emerging threats.
- Proficiency with operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux) and command-line interfaces.
- Must have proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as PowerShell (preferred), Python, Perl, etc.
- Strong understanding of network, cloud computing and application of security controls across such architectures.
- Experience with network security, incident management, and penetration testing.
- Strong up-to-date knowledge of Cyber Security.
- Experience with EDR and Anti-Virus/Malware management such as SentinelOne, CrowdStrike and Defender.
- Demonstrated ability working with IT System Administration of Azure, Defender (ATP), M365 and Windows.
- Experience with Identity Access and Management (IDAM) solutions. CyberArk and ENTRA ID
- Familiarity with conditional/remote access toolsets. ENTRA, DUO SSO & MFA gateway.
- Good knowledge in Network (Routing and Switching, WAN, Wi-Fi) and Network Access Control (NAC) management. Cisco & Palo Alto.
- Good knowledge of OS, System and Application CIS benchmark controls.
- Good knowledge of next-gen application Firewalls, anti-malware, cloud proxies and CASB. Forcepoint, Palo Alto Firewall, and Cisco NAC experience Good knowledge of MS Defender for Cloud, Storage (SQL) and CSPM.
- Proficient with Data loss prevention tools experience, such as MS Purview Compliance Manager and Tessian
- Security monitoring, SIEM tooling such as Exabeam, QRadar, Splunk and Sentinel.
- Experience with Azure (security centre) and M365 cloud infrastructure and configuration and on-premises Active Directory
- Experience in Cloud email security gateway services, Microsoft Exchange Online, Mimecast and DMARC.
- Experience developing policies, procedures related to cryptography,key-vault certificate managementandHSM. Azure and Thales.
- Familiarity with Hyper-V, VMware and Citrix.
- Practical understanding of SCCM or enterprise patch management tools
- Experience with Qualys or enterprise Vulnerability Management and Compliance toolsets.
Security legislation and regulatory frameworks exposure and awareness
• Industry best practices such as OWASP, Cyber security framework and NCSC guidance
• Information Security Management System (Infrastructure Security Operations and Incident Management).
• NIST Cyber Security Framework
• ISO 27001 - Information Security Management System (ISMS)
• CIS - Center of Internet Security (Cyber security best Practices)
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.
- Professional security certification from SANS, CISSP, ISACA, CEH, OSCP would be most beneficial.
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