Security Platforms Engineer

Government Recruitment Service; Belfast; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Belfast is seeking a Security Platform Engineer to manage and develop critical security platforms. This role involves ensuring the operational stability of infrastructure products, implementing security controls, and automating detection and response processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in cyber security frameworks, cloud-native applications, and incident management. This is a key position providing essential support for national security infrastructure with a focus on resilience and effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud security platforms.
• Knowledge of NIST cyber security framework.
• Ability to deal with incidents and problems.

Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise grade security platforms.
• Develop protection controls and detection alerts.
• Document solutions for infrastructure products.

Skills

Cyber security

Infrastructure management

Automation

Incident management

Job description

Do you want the chance to work on the some of the latest cyber security platforms across public and private cloud environments?

Do you want to contribute to ensuring our security platforms provide the necessary controls to protect critical national infrastructure, and have the appropriate resilience and support?

We are looking for an experienced infrastructure engineers or cyber security professionals to assist us implementing security controls to protect our infrastructure and automate detection and response.

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

As a Security Platform Engineer (at the Senior Executive Officer grade) you will deal with the day-to-day management and development of infrastructure products and contribute towards their design.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the infrastructure solutions, and be able to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products.

You will collaborate with seniors and own Infrastructure Development Lifecycle Process as part of a delivery team focused on one or more products.

You will help ensure our security platforms are providing the required controls, in alignment with the NIST cyber security framework and CIS Critical Security Controls.

You will manage enterprise grade security platforms across multiple aspects of cyber security including:

• Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms.
• Content Delivery Networks and Web Application Firewalls.
• Extended Detection and Response & Anti Malware.
• Threat Intelligence.
• Orchestration and Automation.
• Vulnerability Management & Compliance.

Your role will also include:

• Day to day management of self-hosted and SaaS platforms.
• Identifying future requirements and implementation of new functionality.
• Dealing with incidents and problems.
• Developing protection controls and detection alerts, and feeding them into our Cyber Security Ecosystem.
• Documenting solutions.
• Working with other teams within Digital Security and the Security Practice to deliver security outcomes.