Security Engineer - Data, Digital & Technology (DDaT)

Isle of Anglesey County Council; Llangefni; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Isle of Anglesey County Council is seeking a Security Engineer within the Data, Digital & Technology (DDaT) function. The role focuses on monitoring, detection and remediation of vulnerabilities across the Council’s applications, servers and cloud infrastructure.

The post works with other disciplines to continually improve security of enterprise IT solutions and to develop training, policies and awareness-raising programmes.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring, detection and remediation of vulnerabilities and security issues in Council’s applications, servers and cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to improve security of enterprise IT solutions and develop training, policies and awareness programmes.
• Research emerging technologies in vulnerability detection and response to prepare for changes in the security landscape.
• Support and mentor team members, ensure continual improvement of security posture and resilience of IT infrastructure.
• Produce documents and guidelines and identify areas to improve within the team.

Job description

Security Engineer - Data, Digital & Technology (DDaT)

Working for Isle of Anglesey County Council

Anglesey is a great place to live and work. At Isle of Anglesey County Council we are committed to making life better for the people who live and work on the island. In order to achieve our priorities our employees are as ambitious as we are, take pride in their work, are innovative, professional, work in partnership and deliver to the highest standards. Our aim is to create an Anglesey that is healthy and prosperous, where families can thrive.

The DDaT – Security Engineer works within the IT Security engineering discipline in the DDaT technical job family. The post involves the functions associated with the monitoring, detection and remediation of vulnerabilities and security issues in Council’s applications, servers and cloud Infrastructure. They will work collaboratively with the other disciplines to continually improve the security of the Council’s enterprise IT solutions and develop the associated training, policies and awa reness raising programmes. They will undertake research into emerging technologies in vulnerability detection and response ensuring the Council are prepared for changes in the security landscape.
Reporting to the DDaT Lead Security Engineer, this post will play a key role in achieving the strategic goals of the DDaT team. They will assist the Lead Engineer in developing effective solutions and undertake work on projects and business as usual works.
The post holder will support and mentor team members and ensure the council continually improve the security posture and resilience of its IT infrastructure. They will assist with the development of their team to meet the changing technology needs of the o rganisation through knowledge sharing, producing documents and guidelines and identifying areas to improve.

More information

Please see the job description for more information and for the Welsh language skills requirements for this post.

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