National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Senior Security Engineer

Chemist Warehouse
Preston
3 months ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

About Us

With more than 20,000 employees working in over 550 stores across Australia alone, Chemist Warehouse is Australia's leading retail pharmacy group and one of Australia's most recognised brands. Chemist Warehouse continues to deliver on an ambitious growth plan which has seen the expansion of operations into China, Ireland, New Zealand, Dubai and many more exciting new developments to come!

Our IT Security team is currently seeking an experienced and talented Senior Security Engineer to join our growing team. The Senior Security Engineer should have a passion and enthusiasm for technology in general and security technologies. In addition, the successful candidate will have extensive knowledge within the IT Security industry which includes at least three years hands-on (product implementation experience), as well as knowledge of a range of security products and technologies.

About the role

Reporting directly to the Information Security Officer responsible for security engineering, the successful candidate will take on crucial responsibilities including creating and updating security operations checklists, mentoring junior team members, and performing regular checks on security monitoring platforms. This role requires hands-on experience with security controls, solution design workshops, and technical certification training.

Role Responsibilities

  1. Create, review, and update daily security operations checklists used by self and the team.
  2. Provide senior guidance and mentorship for less experienced security team members.
  3. Hands on experience working with controls for enhancing features, policies, hardening configurations and maximising the use of security product and service capabilities.
  4. Take active part in solution design workshops and support the development of Detailed Level Design solutions documentation (as well as Change, Test strategies, Pilot and UAT's etc.) for various security products.
  5. Check periodically through the day on all forms of security monitoring platforms.
  6. Validate security controls are working as intended and operational on a regular basis.
  7. Support triaging and investigating alerts and security events and, raise tickets for investigative activity to track efforts and early detection time stamping.

About You

  1. Bachelor in Cybersecurity/Information Technology field or equivalent
  2. 3 or more years of product implementation experience with NGFWs (e.g., Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco etc.).
  3. Experience with SIEM platforms (implementation, upgrade, operational management).
  4. Experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms (implementation, upgrade, operational management).
  5. Experience with Network Security stack such as WAF, Sandbox, TAP and others
  6. Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  7. Palo Alto PCNSE or similar - highly desired
  8. Demonstrable experience in security administration, analyst, engineering roles.
  9. Excellent working knowledge of leading endpoint, network, and gateway security controls.
  10. Excellent working knowledge of security monitoring tools.
  11. Good working knowledge of network security, operating system security, cybersecurity fundamentals.
  12. Good working knowledge of large infrastructure environments.
  13. Good working knowledge of cloud platforms and cloud security.

Benefits

  1. Discounts across all of our brands!
  2. Access to ongoing training and professional development
  3. Free flu vaccinations
  4. Access to EAP and support services

#J-18808-Ljbffr

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

How to Find Hidden Cyber Security Jobs in the UK Using Professional Bodies like BCS, CIISec & More

The demand for skilled cyber security professionals in the UK has never been higher. With threats increasing in sophistication and frequency, organisations are urgently hiring ethical hackers, threat analysts, GRC specialists, and security architects. But many of the most valuable roles—particularly in government, defence, and critical infrastructure—are never publicly advertised. Instead, these jobs are shared behind the scenes through trusted networks, private communities, and professional bodies. In this article, we explore how to uncover hidden cyber security jobs in the UK using organisations like the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT), CIISec (The Chartered Institute of Information Security), ISACA, and ISC² UK Chapter. We’ll show you how to use membership directories, special interest groups, CPD events and informal networks to gain early access to roles most people never see.

How to Get a Better Cyber Security Job After a Lay-Off or Redundancy

Redundancy is never easy—especially in a fast-moving field like cyber security, where your skills and experience are constantly evolving. But if you’ve recently been made redundant from a cyber security role, know this: the UK cyber workforce remains in high demand, and your expertise is more valuable than ever. Whether you’re a SOC analyst, penetration tester, incident responder, security architect or GRC specialist, there are still thousands of opportunities across sectors including finance, defence, government, retail, and critical infrastructure. This guide will help you turn redundancy into a career relaunch, with a clear action plan tailored to the UK cyber security job market.

Cyber Security Jobs Salary Calculator 2025: Check Your Market Value in Seconds

Why yesterday’s pay survey no longer protects you. “Could I earn more at a managed SOC?” “Is that fintech’s offer really competitive?” Every UK cyber‑security professional asks some version of those questions—usually after another colleague lands a pay rise, a recruiter sends a tempting JD, or a fresh breach makes headline news. Yet salary guides published even last year feel as out‑of‑date as a forgotten antivirus signature. Since 2024, ransomware gangs switched to double‑extortion, deepfake phishing exploded, & the EU’s NIS2/DORA regulations bled into UK contracts despite Brexit. With each shift, salary bands move. To cut through stale averages, CybersecurityJobs.tech distilled a three‑factor formula that lets you estimate a realistic 2025 salary in under a minute. Feed in your role, your UK region, & your seniority level. The output arms you with data‑driven leverage for your next appraisal, job application, or freelance rate card. This article explains the formula, reveals the forces pushing cyber pay ever higher, & outlines five practical moves to boost your market value within ninety days.