Cyber Security Engineer

Description

Cyber Security Engineer

Location:Farnborough, UK

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Role Overview:

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.

Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems. Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own.

United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Because of a key strategic development and a new exciting business opportunity, we have a requirement for a security-clearedCyber Security Engineerbased in the UK working at our Farnborough site and remotely.

Leidos has more than 30 years’ experience of developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world. We are currently hiring to expand our UK based technical team who support our delivery for the UK Govt.

Come join our team and further develop your skills as we deliver and support systems key to the defence of the UK and partner nations.

What Will You Be Doing?

As a result of some exciting programme wins, we currently have a permanent vacancy for a Cyber Security Engineer to support the development and transition into live of a new IT application and infrastructure solution providing support to a critical operational end user.

Leidos is seeking an enthusiastic protective security specialist to lead the implementation and assurance of security within a key defence project. The incumbent will possess specialist skills in all areas of protective and information security and have demonstrable experience of applying security frameworks such as Government Functional Standard 007.

You will be joining a team of highly skilled and highly motivated individuals who are working on one of the UKs leading programmes.

Required Skills:

The Cyber Security Engineer plays a crucial role in protecting IT infrastructure by using a blend of technical expertise and strategic planning to ensure that the digital infrastructure remains secure from various types of attacks and vulnerabilities. You will be responsible for planning and implementing appropriate security controls to ensure that the information within is kept secure.

Key functions/outputs:

1. Vulnerability Scanning & Reporting
2. Endpoint Security
3. Incident Management & Tickets
4. System Hardening
5. Change Work
6. Participation in Regular Meetings
7. Documentation

Main Objectives:

Vulnerability Scanning & Reporting

• Perform regular vulnerability scans and generate reports utilising the below tool sets or similar. The process should be focused on ensuring that the below tool sets are kept up to date and ensure that scans are performed regularly to help assist the Vulnerability and Patch Manager with identifying weaknesses in the system.

Endpoint Security:

• Perform regular updates to Endpoints to ensure the latest packages are applied and policies are amended to keep up to date with new and emerging threats.

Incident Management & Tickets:

• Help to recognise and confirm potential incidents through alerts, logs and user reports. This includes distinguishing between true threats and false positives.

System Hardening:

• Ensure that the security tool sets are kept up to date with regular security patches and software updates to fix vulnerabilities and improve system security.

Change Work:

• Assist in evaluation and impact assessment of system change to security posture of the environments.

Participation in Regular Meetings:

Cyber Security Engineers are expected to lead or attend numerous meetings that require their input.

Documentation:

Cyber Security Engineers are responsible for creating, maintaining and reviewing detailed documentation including High-Level & Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and compliance reports.

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to Start SC
• Clearance for RoleDV

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE– we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose:you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe.

Original Posting Date:

2024-11-11

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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