Description
Network and Security Engineer - SC Cleared
Remote Working
6 months+
Outside IR35
Due to the urgent nature of the role candidates must hold current SC Security clearance
My client is looking for a Network and Security Engineer for a 6 month contract working from home.
- Administration of an Enterprise scale distributed Splunk implementation. ie Search Head and Indexer Clustering.
- Strong core Splunk skills. Searching, Reporting, Alerting, making dashboards etc.
- On boarding of a wide range data sources. Need to be able to write your own TA's for custom data feeds and make them CIM compliant as well as be confident in tweaking Splunkbase TA's.
- Splunk Enterprise Security Administration. Design and Creation alerts and correlation searches.
- Splunk IT Service Intelligence Administration. Design and Creation of services and their associated KPI, alerts and correlation searches.
- Linux Centos/Redhat for Splunk Administration.
- General IT systems engineering design and implementation. Need to have a decent overall understanding of Enterprise IT systems. Networks, Platforms, Infrastructure.
- Ability to manage and resolve complex issues relating to Splunk capability.
- Able to communicate effectively, think creatively and working collaboratively with the wider Cyber Security and IT Teams.
General
- Strong Core Splunk skills
- Knowledge of security network devices (Firewalls, Switches, SIEM, Antivirus cryptography, etc.) and other security networking hardware/software tools;
- Demonstrated understanding of information security concepts, standards, practices, including but not limited to Firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection, TCP/IP and related protocols, device monitoring and log management and event monitoring/reporting;
- Experience in LAN and WAN technologies, network design, network management etc.
- Experience with the security aspects of common operating systems, eg Windows and Linux;
- Understanding of common networking principles and IT Operations;
- Knowledge of security controlling functionality such as AV, Vulnerability Scanning & Security Logging;
- Working knowledge of PKI and its safe management;
- Professional and confident approach to customer based work;
- Excellent Analytical, interpersonal and organisation skills;
- Ability to work well within a team environment as well as independently;
- Ability to produce technical documents and procedures;
- Demonstrable analytical and technical aptitude with focus on identify and alleviating the root cause of the issue; solves the whole problem;
- Follow project management methodology and demonstrate best-practices in network documentation as required;
- Strong organisational and administrative skills;
- Good time-management skills;
- Willingness to travel occasionally within the UK.
Technical
- Proven work experience as a system security engineer or information security engineer;
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems;
- Detailed technical knowledge of database and operating system security;
- Hands on experience in security systems, including Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc;
- Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools;
- Understanding of the principles of cloud security;
- Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols;
- Familiarity with web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols;
- Good understanding of current PKI technologies;
- An understanding of security policies and standards eg NIST 800, CIS 20;
- Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure;
- Experience in a service delivery, best practice environment preferred
- Security Clearance (SC) is required for this role and must be maintained.