Security Engineer III

Elsevier; Oxford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier’s Security Engineering team in Information Security & Data Protection seeks cybersecurity-focused candidates. You will design, implement, and maintain security tooling across our cloud infrastructure, collaborating with Incident Response, Threat Engineering, and GRC to ensure secure adoption.

You’ll work hands-on with AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, building reliable deployments, monitoring, and incident response readiness while partnering with software teams to harden security

Qualifications

• Knowledge of IT security tools and cloud computing.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with AI tools to enhance security outcomes.
• Ability to monitor security systems using available tooling.
• Experience with cloud environments and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design security tooling with the security engineering team.
• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform IaC.
• Create and support CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with engineering on architecture, reliability, and improvement.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for visibility.

Skills

Security tooling

Cloud security

DevOps

Python

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

AWS

CloudWatch

NewRelic

Job description

About our Team

You’ll be joining the Security Engineering team within Elsevier’s Information Security & Data Protection department. Our team is responsible for designing, implementing, configuring, and maintaining security tools used across Elsevier Technology. You will collaborate with colleagues from Incident Response, Threat Engineering, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), and work closely with business users to ensure our security tools are effectively adopted throughout our cloud infrastructure.

About the Role

We are seeking candidates with a passion for cybersecurity. You should have a solid understanding of security tools, cloud technologies, and DevOps methodologies. We value practical experience applying IT security principles across areas such as Network Security, Security Operations, Vulnerability Management, Risk Management, and Incident Response.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within the security engineering team to design and implement security tooling.
• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Create and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to enable reliable, automated deployments
• Collaborate with engineering teams on architecture, reliability, and continuous improvement
• Partner with software development teams to ensure effective adoption of security tools.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to improve system reliability and visibility
• Support resilience through capacity planning, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and runbooks
• Troubleshoot issues efficiently and communicate outcomes clearly.
• Deliver production-ready systems on time and within budget.

Requirements

• We recognize that no one will meet every requirement.
• If you are excited about this role and have relevant experience, we encourage you to apply.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IT security tools and cloud computing, including security services in AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), or Aliyun.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with AI tools (such as GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT Enterprise) to enhance security outcomes.
• Ability to analyze and monitor security systems using tools such as NewRelic or CloudWatch.
• Proficiency in scripting and/or application development (e.g., Python, Shell scripting).
• Experience working with security tools such as SIEM, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), or code analysis tools.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS or others), virtualization, containerization, or infrastructure as code.
• Exposure to Agile and/or DevOps frameworks.
• Interest in emerging industry standards for security in technology environments.

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