Cyber Security Engineer

Berkeley Square IT; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Cyber Security Engineer with expertise in McAfee implementations. This pivotal role involves implementing and maintaining security tools, assessing system vulnerabilities, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure compliance with security baselines. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of security architecture and a proven track record in applying security controls effectively. With a focus on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, this position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to vital defense projects while ensuring the highest security standards are met.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in McAfee implementations and security architecture.
• Strong understanding of security controls and systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain security tooling and controls under supervision.
• Assess vulnerabilities and develop risk mitigation strategies.

Skills

McAfee integration

Defence-in-depth security architecture

Detective and preventative security controls

Systems engineering lifecycle

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA)

Malware

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Microsoft OS security

Linux OS security

Virtualisation technologies

Networking security

Endpoint Security Products

Job description

Cyber Security Engineer - McAfee experience essential

Role Description

My client, a leading defence consultancy, is seeking an 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 to:
• 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 forwarded 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 weaknesses.
• 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 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.