Cyber Security Engineer

Role:
Cyber Security Engineer

Location:
London, Manchester, Birmingham

Salary:
Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Specialist

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 5years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Note:
The above information relates to a specific client requirement

Our Engineering practiceisa growing community of industry leading experts,covering

Security Engineering, Dev Ops, 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 talentto grow and learn within the organisation.

Aspart of our Security Engineering team, you will be exposed to the latest technologies in a mixture of environments ranging from cloud,on-premise sand hybrid as well as direct experience with security tooling to 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 anddata. You will be tasked with designing, implementing, and maintaining security solutions whilst proactively identifying riskand enforcing compliance with common security standards. The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape.

• Design, implement, and manage security tools, systems, and processes to protect infrastructure, applications, and data.
• Partnering with other engineering and security teams to embed security best practices
• Automation to support security tooling like SIEM tooling log ingestion
• Firewall and networkmanagementwithin 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

• Core concepts of cyber security and platform engineering such as networking, Cloud security, CI/CD pipelines,virtualisation, andIaC
• 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 GCPservices
• Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Bash, Power Shell)
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Experience with IDS/IPS solutions, vulnerability management, and endpoint security
• Familiarity with AI hardening techniques
• Experience in working within SOC teams
• Familiarity with
  
  IaCtechnologies (Cloud Formation, Terraform, Bicep)

Note:

This rolemayrequire on-call availability for high priority incidents. Please note there is additional compensationforthisand the frequency isclient-dependent.

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 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 to deliver the first-class services we are known for.

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