Cyber Security Engineer - 6 Month Contract

SSP UK & Ireland; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer for a 6-month contract. The role involves managing security processes and collaborating with teams to protect information systems from cyber threats. Candidates should have experience with various security tools and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with security tooling across protection, detection, and response platforms.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain security tooling and infrastructure.
• Support 1st line with incidents and changes to tooling.
• Promote a culture of security awareness.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Vulnerability Management

Threat Intelligence

Job description

Cyber Security Engineer - 6 Month Contract

Company: SSP

Location: London, NW1

Country: United Kingdom

Job Description

About the Role

Role Overview:

SSP requires a Cyber Security Engineer for a 6-month contract to manage and maintain security processes, solutions, and support strategic initiatives. This role is vital in building and maintaining key security technologies and services, while supporting the wider Cyber Security function as a 2nd line operational capability.

The Cyber Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security solutions to protect the organization's information systems from cyber threats. This involves collaborating with various teams to ensure robust security architectures, conducting vulnerability assessments, and supporting incident response activities.

This role also supports the cyber security programme and works with wider teams to remediate high-risk areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain security tooling and infrastructure, including health, license, capacity, performance, and support roadmap and upgrade decisions.
• Act as a 2nd line team within Cyber Security, supporting 1st line with incidents and changes to tooling and processes.
• Recommend and implement changes to enhance defense and response procedures.
• Investigate and resolve issues with key security platforms and services.
• Engage with wider D&T teams and act as SME for projects and changes.
• Support and lead platform changes and transition process changes into 1st line Cyber.
• Provide guidance and training for the wider cyber security team when onboarding new technologies and processes.
• Partner with SOC and IR teams during security incidents to ensure timely mitigation and remediation.
• Promote a culture of security awareness and good practices.
• Maintain a good understanding of industry threats and security engineering best practices.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with security tooling across protection, detection, and response platforms.
• Experience with EDR, SIEM, vulnerability management solutions, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Hands-on experience in implementing and testing new security features, planning upgrades, troubleshooting, and responding to incidents.
• Strong communication skills, capable of presenting to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience in managing security tooling and solutions.

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