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Security Engineer

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Security Engineer owning the through-life security of internal and customer networks at a global organisation: writing security policies, monitoring and investigating incidents, running vulnerability testing, and acting as the cybersecurity centre of excellence. Core stack includes Cisco, Juniper, SIEM, IDS/IPS, and ISO27001/GDPR compliance.

Salary: £58,000 - 98,000 per year

Requirements:
  • A minimum of 5 years multi-network exposure, including hands-on experience of designing and managing secure networks.
  • Experience with Cisco Firewalls, Routers, and Switches.
  • Experience with Juniper platforms.
  • Experience with SIEM tools.
  • Experience with IDS/IPS.
  • Experience with penetration testing tools.
  • Experience with computer forensic tools.
  • Knowledge of ISO27001 and GDPR.
  • Ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management.
  • Ability to quickly learn and retain knowledge of bespoke products and satellite services.
  • Strong technical competency with a right-first-time, every-time attitude.
  • Excellent customer support skills and the ability to interact with customers by phone and in meetings.
  • Must hold, or have the ability to easily achieve, SC Security Clearance.
  • Well-organised, proactive, and self-motivated attitude.
  • Effective communicator with strong attention to detail and accurate planning skills.
  • Telecommunications background desirable.
  • UK MOD/Government networks experience desirable.
Responsibilities:
  • Develop information security plans and policies for our company and customers.
  • Work with Security Management and Compliance functions to embed security management plans into operational practice.
  • Implement protections and solutions to ensure and enforce information security plans and policies.
  • Monitor and collate information from monitoring tools and third parties to provide an accurate view of the current security position for our organisation and customers.
  • Investigate and resolve security incident events logged by staff members, monitoring tools, and security partners.
  • Educate and advise team members on handling security threats such as suspicious emails, security alerts, and CVEs.
  • Take responsibility for the through-life security of internal and customer networks and systems, including vulnerability testing and recommending improvements.
  • Support internal IT and Engineering teams by providing cybersecurity advice and expertise on the design and management of internal, customer, and global networks.
  • Create documentation around policies, procedures, and events.
  • Act as the centre of excellence for network and device security.
  • Design, build, test, commission, and troubleshoot security solutions on internal and customer networks.
  • Develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
  • Write and maintain configuration and reconfiguration documentation, schematics, support guides, and other documentation as required.
  • Share knowledge, train, support, and develop internal staff on security management.
  • Work across the IT, Enterprise, and Hub Engineering teams in support of our own and customer networks.
  • Support the IT Manager and IT team in ensuring the highest levels of network and device security.
  • Act as key expert in cybersecurity design and management for the company and customers as required.
  • Serve as the final point of contact for security issues, including troubleshooting and resolving issues to tight timescales.
  • Participate in our Incident Management scheme.
  • Liaise with other departments as required to ensure full support of networks and knowledge.
  • Provide technical advice regarding complex cybersecurity problems.
  • Follow up and drive issues through to satisfactory completion.
  • Identify training needs to ensure consistency of service.
  • Plan maintenance and outages appropriately.
Technologies:
  • Cisco
  • Incident Management
  • Support
  • Network
  • Security
  • ITIL

More:

We are a global organisation with our HQ in Redhill, Surrey. This Security Engineer role supports our internal and customer networks, with a focus on cybersecurity design, management, incident handling, and ongoing security improvement. The role includes working across IT and Engineering teams, supporting our incident management processes, and acting as a key point of expertise for network and device security.

last updated 39 week of 2026

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