Cyber Security Engineer

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Position:Cyber Security Engineer
Location:London (Central), United Kingdom
Salary:GBP40,000 – GBP45,000 + Excellent Benefits
Work Schedule:Remote with travel to office/customer site as required

A longstanding (20+ years) Managed IT/Internet Service Provider has an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Security Engineer to join their team, securing the infrastructure of high–profile customers alongside the internal environment. This business partners with leading tech vendors including Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper, and many more. They add to their customer base year upon year leading them to where they are today, one of the UK s best rated MSPs with an extensive list of clients nationwide.

The position offers full responsibility for ensuring customers data, systems, and networks remain secure, and any possible threats eliminated. The position will see you accountable for implementing, configuring, and maintaining security tools and platforms to prevent future vulnerabilities and attacks.

You ll also be responsible for helping to maintain accreditation with information security policies and frameworks, including Cyber Essentials, ISO27001, etc.

Duties include:

  • Reviewing current security procedures and processes. Researching, advising, and implementing new tools and countermeasures to better protect systems and data.
  • Monitoring for attacks and instructions.
  • Responding to alerts, threats, and breaches, with resolutions.
  • Keeping company up to date and compliant with industry best practice, policies, and guidelines.
  • Contributing to deployment of Cybersecurity related projects and tasks for clients and internal infrastructure
  • End to end threat and vulnerability management.
  • Rolling out, managing, and configuring a range of network security tools and appliances.

Key Skills:

  • Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace Security admin
  • Cloud, Endpoint Security, Virtualisation
  • Networking (Routers, Switches, Firewalls)
  • SIEM
  • IDS/IPS
  • Security assessments
  • Information Security best practices, policies, and procedures
  • Certification such as: CISA/CISM/CISSP, CCNA/CCNP (R&S/Security)


Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday, increasing with service
  • Remote working with occasional travel when required
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Vendor certifications fully paid for and study support provided
  • Training plans relevant to YOUR areas and paths of interest (Security, Cloud, Networking etc.)
  • Staff receive the best and latest hardware, and software, for work/personal use



If this sounds a match on the surface, please apply for a call back and much more info.
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