Security Engineer

Clearance: SC - can start on BPSS - Sole british citizen

Engineers form part of the Security Engineering Team (SET), an expanding team delivering IT security services to a client within the aerospace industry. The team operates across two primary sites in Derby, providing security engineering and operational support in varied technical environments. Team members are not fixed to a single location, allowing for diverse and engaging work.

The role focuses on three core areas of security engineering and operations:

• Run Activity: Monitoring and maintaining the health of security tooling
• Incident Response: Responding to security incidents related to tools within the SET remit
• Request Management: Triaging incoming requests via the Engineering Team mailbox and service management queue, ensuring clear ownership and resolution

This is a hybrid role combining office, client site and home working. Home working is not available on a full-time basis.

• Ensure the integrity and availability of client IT security infrastructure
• Operate in line with IT Service Management principles, including on-call and out-of-hours support
• Maintain and monitor security toolsets including SIEM, IDPS, GVM and malware protection platforms
• Record, investigate and respond to health alerts across managed security infrastructure
  
  Tune policies, features and configurations in response to incidents and client requests
• Troubleshoot and assess the impact of security tooling on business applications

Successful candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including:

• Identity verification
• Nationality or immigration status
• Continuous employment history (3 years)
• Unspent criminal record check (DBS)

This role is ideal for a security engineer looking to develop hands-on experience within a complex, safety-critical aerospace environment, working across operational security tooling and incident response.