Senior Security Engineer Uk Visa Sponsorship

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Salary: Around £50,000 per year, variable based on experience.

We provide flexible working options, including compressed hours, and work 35 hours per week.

Contract: Permanent.

Reports to: Lead Security Architect.

Location: Hybrid – Work from home with a designated hub office in London, Bristol, Manchester, or Oxford. Specific patterns for working in the office are not required, and the frequency of time spent in the office is determined by your manager. We value face-to-face meetings, so you may be required to go to one of our hub offices on occasion.

About Jisc:

Jisc is the UK’s digital, data, and technology agency dedicated to tertiary education, research, and innovation. We are a non-profit organisation with a strong desire to enhance people’s lives through education and research by providing hardware, software, and network solutions. Our exceptional employees provide their own unique skills and experience to provide our members and clients with the technology they require to flourish. Take your next professional step with us and you will have the opportunity to make a significant difference in the education and research sectors.

Cyber security at Jisc:

Jisc’s security team protects UK Education and Research from a wide range of cyber security risks, assisting our members and clients in increasing their digital resilience. We are dedicated to developing a comprehensive security solution that will enable institutions to defend against emerging cyber threats by encouraging collaboration and ongoing development.

We are actively developing our Security Operations Centre (SOC) services, which include Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), 24-hour security event monitoring, and endpoint detection and response.

About the role:

Working as part of the Architecture and Engineering team, you will be in charge of developing the threat intelligence platforms that power our Security Centre’s protective features.

You will need to apply your knowledge of threat intelligence, SIEM, and SOAR platforms as you collaborate with our threat intelligence teams to build effective ways to integrate and automate our SIEM, SOAR, and intelligence into efficient and correct data presentations for analysis.

You must be able to demonstrate previous experience designing and deploying technical solutions, as well as the confidence to provide professional assistance to technical programmes and projects of growing scope and complexity.

The responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with threat development and platform teams to securely install and manage the threat landscape.
• Creating and maintaining platforms and applications to support the cyber security sector.
• Monitoring the security state of services and infrastructure, including discovering and mitigating any security risks.
• Creating and updating standards-compliant documentation for Jisc and the cyber security section.
• To serve as an escalation point for users and services hosted on this infrastructure.
• Continuous upgrades to present and future technology to ensure that we satisfy the needs of the business and our members.

Key Skill and Experience:

Need to have:

• Experience in a security-focused function, as well as experience in software engineering, is beneficial.
• demonstrated experience in designing and deploying technical solutions.
• Knowledgeable about IaaS, SaaS, and Linux server administration.
• Previous experience operating a range of popular web server technologies (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Ruby, Java, and Python).
• Deploying, integrating, and managing a diverse set of proprietary and open-source systems.
• Previous experience automating systems and processes and implementing resilience.
• Good analytical skills and the capacity to work on many projects with tight deadlines.
• Strong communication abilities, including the ability to discuss complicated technical topics with both technical and non-technical audiences and encourage them to adopt best practices.

Nice to have:

• Qualified in threat intelligence, SIEM, and SOAR, or an equivalent.
• An awareness of legislation governing incident response, network monitoring, investigations, and the handling of unlawful items.
• Knowledge and experience with enterprise private, hybrid, and public cloud technologies.

Employees in all roles within our Jisc Cyber Security team must undergo enhanced background screening, which includes but is not limited to financial and unspent criminal record checks. This function may be required to obtain government security clearance to the SC level.

Some roles may also require full UK Security Check (SC) clearance; you must have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and be ready to go through this process. You must be able to obtain UK security clearance.

At Jisc, we are always growing and evolving, thus this job description just provides a general overview of the role’s requirements. It will evolve as our operations progress.

Do not meet every single requirement?

We understand that some individuals may be hesitant to apply for a position if they believe they do not satisfy all qualifications. However, we encourage you to apply even if you believe this role is ideal for you. You may be the ideal fit for this or other positions!

Why work for us?

Everyone plays an important role at Jisc and has the opportunity to feel like they are a part of it, which we believe defines a meaningful career. We want to foster a culture of lifelong learning. You can expect a satisfying work with opportunity to grow and make a significant contribution to the education and research industries.

We believe that a balance between your personal and professional lives is critical to your happiness and contentment. At Jisc, we work flexible hours, prioritise deliverables above presenteeism, and are open to a variety of working styles.

It’s not about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about creating a flow that infuses vitality into both aspects of your life. Our hybrid working approach is flexible, and the amount of time spent in your designated office will vary by team and job role.

Take a peek at our amazing benefits! We offer:

• Flexible work patterns that can be tailored to your schedules and personal responsibilities
• 31 days of annual vacation (plus bank holidays), which includes an additional three closing days around Christmas and the chance to buy up to an additional 5 days.
• Generous flexible pension programs.
• Protection benefit: life cover
• Annual Jisc Performance Award
• A variety of wellbeing lifestyle advantages, including company-paid health care cash plan, employee assistance program, mental health first aiders, and support.
• A considerable budget to support you with external study and ongoing professional development
• Allocate up to £250 to equip your home office.
• Financial well-being support includes access to preferential lending and savings plans, mortgage guidance, will-writing tools, and support and resources to help you make the most of your money.
• Our Payroll Giving perk allows you to make tax-free charitable donations.
• Electric Car Lease Scheme and Option to Purchase SmartTech: Spreading the expense of your everyday white goods and electronics.
• Discounts from merchants and big-name high-street stores, as well as CSSC membership.
• Family-friendly policies include enhanced parental, maternity, and paternity leave, as well as the chance for career pauses.
• Support your volunteering with up to three days of volunteer leave.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Eye Care Scheme, includes free eye exam vouchers and £70 towards new glasses for VDU use
• Free flu shots
• Employee Recognition Awards and Travel Loans
• A company culture that encourages personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:

At Jisc, we don’t seek’sameness’, but rather to include people who can contribute distinct viewpoints and experiences to our culture, and we are working hard to effect progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding values, and it actively encourages us to present our whole true selves to work. We believe that a commitment to fairness, diversity, and inclusion is critical to our success.

Jisc believes that our people make all the difference in creating an inclusive culture that promotes ideas, creativity, and belonging. We collaborate with dedicated colleagues to increase knowledge and awareness, provide learning and development opportunities, and cultivate multiple employee networks that generate a sense of community and influence our policies and practices.

We work hard to provide an egalitarian experience for our candidates and employees that includes all parts of their identity, such as race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, and veteran status.

Application Process:

We want you to demonstrate your abilities throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know how we may best assist you in doing so, such as any reasonable adaptations we may be able to make. We will be pleased to assist you.

Just so you know, we check CVs as soon as possible and attempt to provide an update on your application within four weeks of receipt. However, you may hear from us much sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!

If you are a current Jisc employee, please apply using your Dayforce Employee profile.

We advertised this position on October 9, 2024.

Jisc holds an active sponsor licence for Skilled worker visas. Candidates seeking sponsorship should verify their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship based on Home Office standards before applying. Jisc does not provide financial reimbursement for application expenditures such as relocating, skilled worker visa and dependent costs, or the immigration health charge.

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