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AWS Security Engineer

BAE Systems
London
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BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber, and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect, and understand complex data, enabling governments, armed forces, and commercial businesses to unlock digital advantages in demanding environments.


What You’ll Be Doing


As a key member of our Cloud Security team, you’ll work with our customers to build systems supporting their core mission capabilities. You’ll be part of autonomous, empowered Security DevOps teams, engaging regularly with end-users to understand, design, develop, deploy, and maintain applications and services.


  • Contribute to the refinement of non-functional requirements
  • Implement security best practices and recommendations, often through developed services and automation
  • Facilitate effective relationships between third-party suppliers and Home Office platform teams
  • Raise issues and risks appropriately
  • Operate in small, cross-functional engineering teams to build supportable, sustainable, and reliable services
  • Create quality documentation and Jira ticket comments


Certifications (completed or in progress):


  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
  • Cyber Security+
  • Splunk Core Certified Power User
  • Splunk Practitioner
  • SSC - C03 or AWS - C03


Essential Technologies:


  • Python (Shell Scripting)
  • Splunk Queries
  • AWS


The Central Government team


We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognize efforts and support work-life balance. We encourage speaking up for project rotations.


Benefits


Includes a competitive pension scheme, employee share plan, flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, private health plans, shopping discounts, and potential annual incentives.


Why BAE Systems?


This is a place to make a real difference within an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and accommodate disabilities or health conditions during recruitment.


Note: Many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions based on nationality, place of birth, and residency. All applicants must meet at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with higher vetting levels possibly requiring 5-10 years of UK residency.


Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence


We embrace Hybrid Working, allowing flexibility in work location and hours, enhancing work-life balance and well-being.


Diversity and inclusion are core to our success. We foster an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds drive excellence.


When applying, you will be redirected to our careers site to register, provide contact info, upload your CV, and complete a diversity & inclusion questionnaire. When selecting source type, choose "job board advertisement" and "the IET / E+T Jobs".


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