AWS Security Engineer

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London 

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, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Job Title: AWS Security Engineer 

Location:  London, hybrid - You will be required to go onto the London office 1-2 days per week, travel to other sites will also be a necessity. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Grade:GG10-GG11

Referral Bonus:£5000

What You’ll Be Doing

As a key member of our Cloud Security team, you’ll be working with our Customers to build systems that support their core mission capabilities. You’ll work as part of an empowered, autonomous Security DevOps teams with regular contact with end-users to flexibly and efficiently understand, design, develop, deploy and maintain applications and services. 

•    Contribute to refinement of non-functional requirements
•    Implement security best-practices and recommendations; often through the means of developed services and automation 

•    Facilitate an effective relationship between third party suppliers and Home Office platform teams
•    Raise issues and risks appropriately 

•    Ability to operate in small cross-functional engineering teams to build supportable, sustainable, and reliable services
•    Create quality documentation and Jira ticket commentary

Completed or working towards one the following certifications:-

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

Working with the following technology is essential:

• Python (Shell Scripting)
• Splunk Queries
• AWS

The Central Government team

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognise people’s efforts and that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage people to speak up if they want to rotate to a new project.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offer employee share plan, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including including a green care scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture which values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factor such as your nationality, any nationalities which you previously may have held and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are able to perform within the organisation. 

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.