Senior IT Security Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Preston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Preston is seeking a Senior IT Security Engineer to bolster its information security operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing security solutions, optimizing existing systems, and supporting compliance efforts. This role demands strong technical skills in various security tools and systems, coupled with effective communication abilities. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and a solid track record in information security.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of information security and IT experience desired.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Industry security certifications preferred: CISSP, CompTIA+, CEH.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy security systems aligned with business goals.
• Support deployment of security tools and respond to incidents.
• Create information security metrics for supported products.

Skills

Information Security

Technical Operations

Incident Management

Communication

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

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Posted:

31.05.2025

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15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Americold – Helping our customers Feed the World

Here at Americold Barcelona we are now recruiting for a Senior IT Security Engineer.

The Senior IT Security Engineer will design, configure, optimize existing, and deploy new security systems/solutions aligned with global business risk/objectives. This role is focused on technical operations and support of various information security tools including event/incident management (SIEM), cloud security, endpoint detection and response, email security, and vulnerability management. This position will be responsible for supporting the Director IT Security in reviewing and evaluating new, alternative, and cost-effective information security solutions and services and partnering with compliance.

Essential Functions:

• Partners with various teams, Infrastructure, End User Computing and the PMO to optimize existing security services and deploy new tools in support of the security roadmap.
• Must be capable of interacting effectively with various internal teams, peers, and management staff.
• Support the information security manager with creating information security metrics for the respective supported security products. This will be done monthly.
• Deploy new information security tools, services, processes, and procedures to support the information security roadmap.
• Support information security services including SIEM, MDR, endpoint technology, secure email gateway, cloud security, certificate management, network security, and vulnerability management.
• Respond to critical incidents in a timely manner in partnership with security operations, legal, compliance, incident response teams, etc.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree; Preferred Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5-10 years of information security and information technology desired
• Strong communications skills; written and verbal.
• Industry security certifications preferred; CISSP, CompTIA +, CEH, SSCP, Security +, etc.
• Must have a solid understanding of information technology and information security practices, including the areas of host security, platform architecture, network perimeter security, intrusion detection/prevention, application security modelling, physical security, systems integrity, and continuity planning.
• Familiar with security policy and standards development, implementation, and program review
• Experience in various technologies, including Unix, Windows, Linux, TCP/IP, Storage devices, network devices, fail-safe strategies, system architecture, LAN and WAN and intranet/internet security environments including firewalls, intrusion detection, incident response, vulnerability testing, operating system hardening, regulatory compliance, and data classification.
• Experience in IAM, SEIM, Log Management, Patch Management, Vulnerability Management, eDiscovery, Cloud Security, Virtual Machine Security, Wireless and Mobile Security, and Industrial Controls/Operational Technology (OT)