Cloud Security Engineer

Description

The Security Cloud Engineers form part of the Security Engineering team and are primarily responsible for building and maintaining a cloud environment for hosting security tools and for maintaining the cloud security tools that are used to secure production clouds.  This is a proactive role and the successful candidate will have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills and a desire to learn new technologies.

The role would suit someone who has worked with a diverse set of IT/security products across a large on-premise infrastructure managed in house and who has experience of supporting the environment and who has existing experience of working with and securing cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Information Security Cloud Engineers are:

• the support and maintenance of Cloud Security Tooling and Platforms including:
  • implementing policy changes
  • performing daily, weekly and monthly checks
  • monitoring the availability of systems and responding to alerts
  • monitor the capacity of systems & supporting infrastructure and project future capacity
  • identifying and resolving issues
  • preparing status reviews and reports
  • managing support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow-ups are done in a timely manner
• to maintain a good working knowledge of current infrastructure and future trends
• to deliver excellent customer service
• to work with the third-party suppliers of the Security Products
• to maximise security value from existing investments
• to assist the wider Information Security Engineering team with the development of the security tooling
• to work collaboratively with wider Information Security team.  This would include working with: The Incident Response team, assisting with incidents; and with the Security Consultants to provide additional technical knowledge
• to take part in post incident reviews and propose engineering resolution to improve results in any future recurrence
• to recognise that telemetry for security products will increasingly be curated in the cloud and be prepared to develop API endpoints and connections to collect and collate this knowledge
• to participate in the Information Security On-Call rota.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience of supporting IT/Security Infrastructure
• Strong technical background
• Hands of experience with a least 1 of the main cloud vendors (Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience of Cloud Security Tools (e.g. AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Centre)
• The ability to pick up and learn new technology approaches and make rapid decisions on the best way to use these technology advancements for the betterment of the overall security posture.
• Excellent communication skills as the ability to communicate effectively, constructively, confidently and professionally is key to the success in the role as is the ability to work with IT and Information Security teams and the wider business.
• An excellent knowledge of Information Security principles and an understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK and other information security defence and intelligence frameworks.
• Keen attention to detail and excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to actively manage workloads to meet business and department requirements.

Desirable Skills

• One or more technical Information Security Certifications such as:
  • CompTIA: Security+
  • GIAC Certification: GCWN, GSEC
• One or more cloud certifications such as:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• Degree in an Information Security / Computing discipline
• Experience in ITIL concepts
• Experience working within in an Agile framework
• Experience with all the main cloud vendors (Amazon Web Service, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with Security Tools such as:
  • Internet Filtering
  • Email Filtering
  • EndPoint Detection and Response
  • Host Based Firewalling, HIDS/HIPS
  • Antimalware
• Familiarity with a programming or scripting language
• Familiarity with regex / regular expressions
• A working knowledge of financial services and the typical business processes involved together with the threat actors and their relevant tactics, techniques and procedures would be of significant advantage.

About Admiral

We're Wales’ only FTSE 100 company. We have forward-thinking approaches and provide endless opportunities to test, learn and grow. There's a reason we've been named a Best Place to Work: our progressive culture, core values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion have created a working environment where people share ideas, aren’t afraid to speak up and change things, and above all, feel valued.

Admiral has grown from being a small start-up into a multi-national organisation. The company is constantly investigating new products, services and markets and is now present in eight countries with a diverse product portfolio.

Our success goes hand-in-hand with having a strong culture where we put our people and customers first. Our philosophy is simple yet effective: people who like what they do, do it better, and this, in turn, means that our customers receive the level of service and products that they deserve. Our culture is honest, open and wholeheartedly focused on four key areas:

Communication, Equality, Reward & Recognition, and Fun.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're voted no. 1 in the 2019 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here; https://admiraljobs.co.uk/employee-benefits/.

If you think this role is for you and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please click “apply now” to complete an online application form.

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