Role: Security Engineer - IT Security
Contract length: 12 months with possibility of extension(s)
Location: Hybrid/Edinburgh or Glasgow
IR35: Outside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £587.25 per day
Security Clearance: Disclosure Scotland
Spinwell is recruiting for a Security Engineer - IT Security for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECURITY ENGINEER - IT SECURITY
- An experienced IT Security Engineer is required to support the client in the deployment and maintenance of various security platforms and capabilities, including Network Access Control, Endpoint Detection and Response, and Security Automation, Orchestration and Response tooling.
- Deployment and continued maintenance of a Security Automation, Orchestration and Response (Cortex XSOAR) solution to orchestrate and control security related playbooks and processes, with integrations to an Endpoint Detection and Response (Cortex XDR) solution and other security technologies as required.
- Deployment and continued maintenance of a Firewall assurance tooling to facilitate compliant firewall rule requests, ensure compliance with Network Security standard, and provide auditing of rule requests.
- Support the maintenance of a Network Access Control (ForeScout NAC) solution to orchestrate and control network, server, and endpoint connections, as well as implementation of NAC modules, such as segmentation and threat feed integrations as required.
- Document all new configurations to ensure product longevity, product support stability, as well as developing playbooks and processes to support this.
- Review and resolve technical security related service requests / tickets as required.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OF THE SECURITY ENGINEER - IT SECURITY
Significant and demonstratable commercial experience in the following areas:
• Managing and Security services with complex solutions and toolsets with particular focus in the following areas:
- SOAR administration and engineering, (preferably Cortex XSOAR)
- Network Access Control solutions (preferably ForeScout)
- Endpoint Detection and Response solutions (preferably Cortex XDR)
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions (preferably Prisma Cloud)
- Web Application Firewall Implementation and Management (preferably Imperva)
- Firewall assurance tooling
- Cyber Security Incident Response processes
- Networking
- Firewalls
- Vulnerability Management (preferably including use of Tenable)
- Python scripting and automation
- Experience of working within an Agile project managed delivery
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