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Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Atlas Recruitment Group
Preston
8 months ago
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*Successful candidates will need to undergo a Security Clearance check*

We're working with a global organisation that provides products and services to UK and US government agencies to span areas including Maritime, Air, Land, Cyber, Electronics and Aerospace. You'll be joining during an exciting time of growth and innovation, working on multi-billion-pound programmes of work for the Ministry of Defence.

Key Responsibilities:
* Maintain and administer Atlassian Stack (Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket)
* Act as Security approver for Firewall rule requests
* PostgreSQL database maintenance and troubleshooting
* Provide reviews of security feature configurations on the firewalls
* Analyse, test, and document deployment strategy of the Atlassian stack

Background required:
* Engineering background, covering Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket) at admin level
* Networking background with focus on Firewalls (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper etc)
* Linux (RHEL)
* PostgreSQL (will look at SQL Server experience)

What's on offer:
* Salary up to £64K + 10% Bonus + Private Healthcare + Share Schemes + 25 days leave rising with service (bank holidays on top) + Pension + life assurance and more.
* Extensive career development and progression opportunities tailored to your goals.

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