Cyber Security Engineer

Berkeley Square IT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence consultancy in the UK is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer with strong McAfee implementation experience. The role involves assessing system vulnerabilities, implementing security controls, and ensuring the systems meet required security standards. Candidates must have SC Clearance. This position offers a chance to work on critical security projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in McAfee implementations.
• Experience in developing and documenting system security baselines.
• SC Clearance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain security tooling and technical controls.
• Work with engineering teams to ensure system security posture.
• Assess system vulnerabilities and implement risk mitigation strategies.

Skills

McAfee integration experience

Defence in depth security architecture

Detective and preventative security controls

Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA)

Malware expertise

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Tools

Microsoft OS

Linux OS

Virtualisation technologies

Networking

Endpoint Security Products

Job description

Overview

Cyber Security Engineer - McAfee experience essential

Role Description

My client, a leading defence consultancy are seeking and experienced Cyber Security Engineer with a strong background in Mcafee implementations.

These positions perform the following tasks:

• Work under the direct supervision of the Security Engineering Lead too:
• Implement and maintain the Security tooling and technical controls
• Work with the engineering teams to ensure systems remain at the required security posture against baseline requirements
• Develop and document system security baselines.
• Work with the Protective Monitoring engineering team to ensure logs are forward to the SIEM capability
• Work with the customer and appropriate agencies to develop new policies, design processes, and procedures, and develop technical designs
• Assess system vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation strategies, validate secure systems, and test security products and systems to detect security weakness
• British - Non-dual national many of our projects have nationality restrictions
• SC Clearance is essential for this role, please do not apply if you are not already SC cleared as we won't be able to represent you for the role.

Skills/Experience Required

• McAfee integration experience
• Experience of a taking a defence in depth and multi layered approach to security architecture
• Experience of implementing detective and preventative security controls to reduce risk to an acceptable level
• Understanding of the controlling processes for, and experience of a significant portion of, the systems engineering lifecycle (e.g. requirements management, configuration management)
• Excellent understanding of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) and practical experience in applying that.
• Malware
• DLP
• Experience in implementing security requirements for a system:
  • Microsoft OS
  • Linux OS
  • Virtualisation technologies
  • Networking
  • Endpoint Security Products