Cyber Security Engineer

Nottingham, England, gb

Role Purpose

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Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better.

Every day millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

Ideagen believe that by recruiting diverse and talented individuals, we create an inclusive community for all. We are committed to empowering all colleagues to maximise their potential and express their unique characteristics, experience, and knowledge to achieve their ambitions.

The Cyber Security Engineer at Ideagen will play a crucial role in safeguarding our technical systems by defining, operating, and enhancing security controls and monitoring systems. This hands-on position requires collaboration with the Dev and CloudOps teams to secure our production and corporate environments. The Cyber Security Engineer will also be responsible for threat and vulnerability management and work with technical teams on remediation activities. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual passionate about cybersecurity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing organisation.

Responsibilities

- Operate and Enhance Security Monitoring Tools: Utilise and improve our security monitoring tools to provide valuable intelligence to the business.

- Automate Audits and Monitoring: Automate the auditing and monitoring of technical systems to minimise manual activities within the security programme.

- Collaborate with CloudOps/Development/IT Support: Interface with these teams on findings and drive them to conclusion as directed by the Head of Cyber Security.

- Assist with Training: Provide support in training initiatives to enhance the cybersecurity knowledge within the organisation.

- Compliance Support: Assist with the administrative process for current and future compliance standards.

- Conduct Audits: Support the Head of Cyber Security in conducting audits of Ideagen systems, processes, and third parties.

- Acquisition Integration: Take a lead role in the integration of newly acquired entities into Ideagen's security framework.

Skills and Experience

- Strong communication skills
- Must be willing to participate in, and be able to pass, a comprehensive background check
- Experience in Vulnerability Management, including configuring, running, and analysing scans (Nessus preferred)
- Experience in Web Vulnerability Management (OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25)
- Experience in SIEM configuration, analysis, and reporting
- Experience with IPS/IDS and Data Loss Prevention tools, configuration, and analysis
- Experience with threat analysis and reporting

Desirable Skills:
- Community-recognised security certificates such as CEH, CISM, SANS (GSEC, GCIA, GCED, GCIH), CISSP
- Exposure to compliance standards such as FedRAMP, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and/or PCI compliance
- Exposure to DevOps/Agile development methodologies
- Incident Response/Forensics experience, including evidence/artefact preservation
- Experience integrating security checks and validation into a CI/CD pipeline
- Amazon AWS experience
- AWS Certified Security - Specialty
- Data analytics/reporting experience
- Penetration Testing experience
- Experience using Jira

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