Security Operations Engineer

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space Sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology and engineering innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to tackle the growing problem of space debris, making space and our orbits safer for future generations.

They require a Security Operations Engineer to join the Global IT and Security Team and drive security improvement across the business, which covers Microsoft 365, on-premises systems and AWS cloud services. The role will cover monitoring and analysis of security posture, ensuring that best practices are applied and that the best possible secure configurations are in place.

This isn’t a position for someone to write reports on identified weaknesses, it’s for someone to roll up their sleeves and fix them, alongside a global team of IT professionals.

Responsibilities for the Security Operations Engineer:

• Analyse, continually enhance and report on the security of the company’s Microsoft tenant. This will include ensuring all security controls required are effectively implemented including conditional access, identity management and privileged access management.
• Lead the configuration of Microsoft Purview for data loss prevention.
• Actively manage software vulnerabilities. Through the use of Intune, and working with the global IT team, create and manage installations to ensure that software across the estate is patched. Actively seek out dangerous software and remove it.
• Analyse cloud services ensuring that best practice is applied to secure configurations.
• Work to enhance and improve detection capabilities, ensuring that sufficient sensors are in place to identify anomalous activity across endpoints, cloud infrastructure and on-premises equipment.
• Regularly audit information systems through conducting regular or automated penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and other security testing activities.
• Hunt for threats in the Microsoft environment and build custom detections specific to our use cases.
• Work with other members of the security team to build assurance in specific use cases, including spacecraft operations.

Experience required by the Security Operations Engineer:

• Solid Microsoft 365 security experience in configuration (as well as analysis).
• Intune experience in a corporate production environment.
• Experience working in hybrid global environments with VPNs and complex network topologies.
• Experience with DLP technologies (ideally Microsoft Purview).
• Degree educated with a Computer Science/Information Security degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience working in a blue-team type environment or role.
• AWS and cloud security understanding and experience.
• Penetration testing knowledge and experience, from vulnerability scanning through to more advanced security analysis.
• Experience and knowledge of ISO27001 or similar standards (desirable).
• Programming and scripting in PowerShell, Python and other languages (desirable).

• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology.
• 9/75 work pattern (optional).
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment.
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements).
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday.
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
• Private healthcare.

If your skills and experience match this Security Operations Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now!

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