Lead Security Engineer

Job Title: Lead Security Engineer

Salary: Up to £65,000 – £70,000

Location: UK remote (must be based in the UK)

The Company

The company is a market leading IOT Provider. Following an exciting period of growth, the organisation is looking for a Lead Security Engineer to join their South West based team. The organisation prides themselves on employee development, including an individual training budget for every single employee. As a result, there is an abundance of training on offer, with paid for certifications and downtime to complete training and exams.

This is a completely remote role, meaning you will have the opportunity to work from the comfort of your own home. You must be UK based to be considered for this role.

As a Lead Security Engineer, you will be a technical SME for a number of interesting implementations within the business. Including helping to set up a SOC, review 3^rd party suppliers, and mentor and train internal staff.

The Lead Security Engineer role

As a Lead Security Engineer, you will support the Head of Security as an escalation point and technical SME for stakeholders within the business. This is a hands-on internal role, but additionally you will get opportunities to work in a customer facing role as a first point of contact between the customer and security operations centre. You will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills, whilst offering insight into the best technical solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Security monitoring and first response.
• Incident handling and management.
• Vulnerability testing.
• Threat analysis.
• IDS/IPS.

Lead Security Engineer Overview

• If you have previous experience of leading a SOC, it would be a huge advantage.
• Demonstrable experience in forming effective working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Be confident in communicating technical incidents or security threats to non-technical stakeholders.
• Previous experience of working with3rd party suppliers.
• Have a strong security background.
• Able to operate independently.

Skills and Experience required for SOC Analyst

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience with vulnerability testing.
• Experience with firewalls.
• MS-500 Microsoft 365 Security Administrator would be beneficial.
• Eligible for SC Clearance.