Senior Security Engineer - Blue Team

Define and collaborate on implementing leading security practices, ensuring strategies align with organisational security goals and industry standards.

Take ownership of security project execution, prioritising tasks and aligning initiatives with team and company objectives.

Use and optimise advanced security tools, including SIEMs and vulnerability scanners, to enhance detection, logging, and analysis capabilities.

Conduct regular and detailed vulnerability assessments, identifying gaps in security controls and implementing mitigation strategies.

Support compliance efforts, ensuring documentation, audits, and regulatory standards are met to maintain certifications and adherence to best practices.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development and IT, to integrate security best practices within architectural frameworks.

Lead security awareness initiatives, educating technical teams on advanced security topics and secure coding practices.

Stay informed on emerging security threats and technologies, continuously evaluating and integrating relevant tools or methodologies.

Provide guidance for risk management processes, helping to establish and maintain effective risk identification and mitigation protocols.

Develop and document security processes and procedures, ensuring consistency and readiness for both routine and high-stress security incidents.

Support leadership with reporting by providing insights and data on incidents, vulnerabilities, project progress, and metrics to inform security decisions.

Lead automation and process optimisation efforts by developing scripts and tools to automate repetitive security tasks as well as to enhance detection and response capabilities through the use of automation and integration of security tools.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent security experience).

5+ years of experience in security engineering and operations, including extensive experience in blue team operations, security architecture, DevOps, and general operations.

Deep knowledge of information technology, evolving threats, attack patterns, incident response, and cybersecurity standards.

Proven ability to develop and lead incident response, including remediation, mitigation, and regular status updates and reporting.

Skilled in security event evaluation, discerning legitimate security incidents from false positives, incident investigation, countermeasures, and impact monitoring.

Strong understanding of operating system, networking, and application hardening for Windows, macOS, and Linux, including virtualisation security.

Experience deploying, maintaining, and administering security technologies like IDS, DLP, FIM, firewalls, SIEM, MFA, vulnerability assessment tools, web proxies, and WAFs.

Experience with cloud providers and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

Proficiency in AWS security best practices.

Skills in automation, development, or scripting for enhanced security operations.

Advanced knowledge of Application Security, modern web protocols, and Web Application Firewalls.

Proficiency in email security protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.