Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer - Contract - Gloucestershire - £400 - £500 per day - DV Cleared

As a Technical Cyber Security Engineer you will provide expertise and consultancy in the technical security arena. This will include hardware & software configuration, hardening, testing, vulnerability identification and supporting remediation delivery and planning. There is an immediate requirement for an appropriate skilled professional to deploy, configure and provide system hardening to a McAfee SIEM Solution. You will additionally be required to provide consultancy and reporting back to key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities for a Cyber Security Engineer:

• Deploying, configuring and hardening McAfee SIEM appliances and systems in accordance with defined policy, security and business requirements
• Software & hardware vulnerability testing - you will be expected to identify, test and remediate vulnerabilities within both hardware and software
• Stakeholder management - You will provide testing reports and presentations to key stakeholders, including senior managers, on technical security/vulnerability assessments at both a technical and non-technical level
• Proactive skill development and knowledge transfer - As part of this role you will be expected to knowledge transfer to the other members of the team
  

Skills / Experience:

• Holds information security professional qualification which is recognised within UK Government e.g. CCP Security Architect or CISSP
• Must have SIEM technical end-to-end experience, specifically configuring, maintaining and hardening. Desirable for the candidate to have industry experience in the McAfee SIEM Solution
• Network and application vulnerability assessment, and security testing experience
• Windows and Linux OS vulnerability assessment and security testing experience
• Experience of vulnerability assessment testing tools such as Wireshark, Nessus, etc
• Firewall/Gateway/Network boundary assessment experience for multiple vendors, such as: Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, etc
• Architecture Design interpretation to exploitation strategy skills
• Good stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work and communicate clearly with individuals of varying technical abilities

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