IT Security Engineer

Company Description

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. 

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. 

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

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Job Description

This is an interesting and varied role where you will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining secure configurations, policies and updates across our server infrastructure. The role will allow you to develop your skills in areas such as technical change management, automation and secure IT operations.

The successful candidate will work within a wider team to maintain a strong security stance, applying security updates and other countermeasures to ensure the integrity of all IT services. Confident in deploying and operating a variety of systems to ensure that all environments are available, reliable, secure and able to meet the demands placed upon on it.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Being accountable for ensuring the infrastructure estate is suitably protected and up to date using tools such as SCCM, SCOM, inTune and other native update techniques to:

• Identify and remediate known IT security vulnerabilities
• Design and implement solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities identified as part of penetration results
• Provide insight into the countermeasures PA should adopt
• Work as a technical resource in security related projects
• Review daily security bulletins for threats
• Liaise with security colleagues and key vendors reviewing threat reports
• Work with other disciplines such as Networks and SQL Admins to assist implementing appropriate controls.

• Driving forward projects focussed on implementing new or updated IT security technologies and services alongside Technical Architects and Security Teams where appropriate
• Supporting business critical systems including the diagnostic and intervening actions required to keep services available for virtual hosting, operating systems, infrastructure services and SaaS products
• Assisting with Disaster Recovery planning and testing
• Creating clear and concise reports as required to demonstrate the effectiveness of the environments in question
• Providing technical support/input to team projects
• Organising maintenance periods including the variety of changes that take place to keep the infrastructure current and available.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems, Azure, Office 365, Hyper-V, VMware and SaaS Backup Platforms
• Experience in securing and protecting assets from threats that could compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the environment
• Good knowledge of general infrastructure services and applications such as directory services, Entra ID, SCCM, SCOM and inTune
• Ability to understand audit requirements and supporting compliance by providing responses to security audits (such as Cyber Essentials)
• Additional experience managing the hardware and software platforms associated with virtual technologies such as Cisco blades, HPe servers and NetApp would be beneficial
• Demonstrable troubleshooting capability and capable of working under pressure
• Ability to develop clear and concise documentation
• A self-starter, happy to work in isolation or as part of a larger team and able to use your own initiative rather than always relying on direction from others
• Appreciate the importance of a high availability and secure systems and infrastructure
• Ability to communicate at all levels of an organisation with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
• A keen interest in technology and the IT market

This role would require some weekend working and occasional on-call duties, so flexibility is required.

Additional Information

This is an opportunity to join our Infrastructure Services team within the Group Systems corporate function. We are not just another IT department – we are constantly evolving and embracing new technologies to empower our global workforce. As such, we are looking for an Infrastructure Support Security Engineer to join our internal IT support team, based at our Global Innovation and Technology Centre in Melbourn, Royston.

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We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

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We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

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