Defence Security Engineer: Privileged Access & Identities

Inspire People; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Life assurance

10% employer pension contribution with

Company performance bonus

Professional development and training

Secure onsite parking

Gym, café and restaurant

Job summary

Inspire People is seeking Security Engineers to design, operate and improve secure digital solutions for UK Defence and National Security missions. You will focus on privileged access management, identity security, credential lifecycle management and operational security in highly secure environments.

This is a permanent role with salary up to £85,000 plus benefits and flexible, hybrid working from Farnborough.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying security tooling and vulnerability scanning.
• Experience with identity solutions and Privileged Access Management.
• Strong understanding of privileged accounts, credentials and secrets management.
• Experience with low-level technical design.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps and CI/CD in secure environments.
• Strong written reporting and technical documentation skills.
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Responsibilities

• Manage privileged credentials, including passwords, SSH keys and API keys.
• Configure and monitor automated credential rotation to prevent service disruption.
• Run discovery scans to identify privileged accounts, service accounts and system dependencies.
• Manage access controls, user roles, permissions and privileged session monitoring.
• Monitor vulnerabilities, apply security patches and maintain platform security.
• Review audit logs and correlate alerts with SIEM data to investigate suspicious activity.
• Troubleshoot security issues involving firewalls, load balancers, identity systems and credential-management tools.

Skills

Security engineering

Privileged access management

Identity security

CI/CD in secure environments

MITRE ATT&CK

Agile DevSecOps

Technical reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Vulnerability scanning

EDR tooling

SIEM

PAM platforms

Active Directory

Windows Services

Job description

Inspire People is seeking Security Engineers to design, operate and improve secure digital solutions for UK Defence and National Security missions. You will focus on privileged access management, identity security, credential lifecycle management and operational security in highly secure environments.

This is a permanent role with salary up to £85,000 plus benefits and flexible, hybrid working from Farnborough.