Senior Network Security Architect – Hybrid Role

Sky; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV/ NOW package

Pension up to 9%

Private healthcare

Digital GP

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to develop and implement security strategies protecting data, systems, and networks. You’ll monitor activity, respond to incidents, and shape policies and procedures to align with laws and standards.

This role demands leadership in security operations and continuous improvement across a large enterprise. Hybrid working arrangement applies, with expectations around two days in the office weekly.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise-scale network security solutions within complex environments.
• Knowledge of firewalls, WAFs, load balancers, VPNs, NAC, routers and switches with hands-on practice.
• Strong networking, OS security hardening for Windows and Linux, and threat remediation capability.
• Experience with cyber security operations including monitoring, detection, incident investigation, encryption, and threat intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops comprehensive cyber security plans addressing current threats and anticipating future ones.
• Monitors network activity for suspicious behaviour and unauthorised access attempts.
• Investigates potential breaches and anomalies detected by monitoring systems.
• Responds to incidents by isolating systems or restoring backups as needed.
• Analyzes existing security processes to identify improvements and risk mitigation.

Skills

Firewall design

Network security

Incident response

Scripting

Terraform/Ansible

Cloud network security

Zero Trust

Tools

Palo Alto

Check Point

Fortinet

Cisco

Akamai

F5

Citrix ADC

EDR

SIEM

SOAR

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Sky is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to develop and implement security strategies protecting data, systems, and networks. You’ll monitor activity, respond to incidents, and shape policies and procedures to align with laws and standards.

This role demands leadership in security operations and continuous improvement across a large enterprise. Hybrid working arrangement applies, with expectations around two days in the office weekly.