About the Role
Our Engineering practice is a growing community of industry leading experts, covering Security Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering and Quality Engineering. The Engineering practice prides itself on quality development practices and solving highly complex client problems whilst also providing a safe environment for engineering talent to grow and learn within the organisation. As part of our Security Engineering team, you will be exposed to the latest technologies in a mixture of environments ranging from cloud, on-premises and hybrid as well as direct experience with security tooling for incident detection, response and threat intelligence. We are seeking a Security Engineer to join our team and play a key role in safeguarding client systems, applications and data.
Responsibilities
•Design, implement, and manage security tools, systems, and processes to protect infrastructure, applications, and data
•Partner with other engineering and security teams to embed security best practices
•Automate security tooling such as SIEM log ingestion
•Manage firewalls and networks within hybrid cloud and on-premises environments
•Develop and maintain security policies, standards and procedures
•Conduct security assessments in the form of infrastructure reviews using assessment tooling such as CIS benchmarks
•Contribute to the development of the Security Engineering practice
•Manage and train direct reports
Requirements
•Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance, which requires 5 years of continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application
Nice to have
•Core concepts of cyber security and platform engineering such as networking, cloud security, CI/CD pipelines, virtualisation, and IaC
•Software development skills using Linux or WSL
•SIEM and log routing experience in tools such as Splunk, Sentinel, Cribl, and ELK
•Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and GCP services
•Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
•Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
•Experience with IDS/IPS solutions, vulnerability management, and endpoint security
•Familiarity with AI hardening techniques
•Experience working within SOC teams
•Experience in service development
Conditions
•This role may require on-call availability for high priority incidents. There is additional compensation for this, and the frequency is client-dependent
•Competitive basic salary plus an extensive benefits package, including up to 25 days of vacation per year, private medical insurance, and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice
•Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role and the first-class services Accenture is known for
