Security Manager
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Security Manager
[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is hiring a Security Manager (formerly Security Technical Professional) to provide technical support and consulting within operations. The role involves handling escalated incidents, complex changes, and providing guidance on Security Services. The ideal candidate has strong networking and IT security knowledge, hands-on experience with firewalls, proxies, load balancers, and intrusion prevention, as well as relevant security certifications.
About the Role
The position is a technical support and consulting role within operations. The successful candidate will develop a detailed understanding of their customer’s global solution and all the managed security devices within it. The role includes handling of escalated incidents, complex changes, provision of reports and provide guidance (consulting) on Security Services. This requires technical competence to a high level as well as close liaison with the customer, service management, project management and other operational teams within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and across third-parties.
Skills and Attributes
- degree in computer science, engineering or similar preferred
- very good understanding of networking (TCP/IP, routing, switching and WAN optimisation)
- very good understanding of IT security concepts, technologies and practices
- good understanding of Cloud Services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- good Unix/Linux skills
- initiative, self-motivation, ability to work under pressure with internal support teams and with the customer (on site when required)
- proven working experience with (at least 5 or more vendors): firewalls (CheckPoint, Juniper or Palo Alto), unified defense (Fortinet), proxy servers (Bluecoat), perimeter antivirus gateways (BluecoatAV, McAfee), IDP/ IPS (Juniper, McAfee or Checkpoint), F5 (Load Balancers and Web Accelerators), Web Protection Suite (Cisco ScanSafe, Zscaler or Bluecoat), SIEM (ArcSight, Qradar or Splunk).
- MUST: very good understanding, hands-on support and experience with firewalls, Proxies, load balancers and intrusion prevention technologies
- MUST: fluency in English with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly Regarded: relevant security certification (Vendor certificates such as Checkpoint, F5, Splunk, CISSP, CEH etc.)
What We Offer
- Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
- Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).
- Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
- Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].
- Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.
- Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.
Diversity and Inclusion
At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], only your skills matter. Regardless of your age, gender, background, origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, or appearance, we actively encourage diversity within our teams, as it is a collective strength and a driver of innovation. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a disability-inclusive employer: please feel free to let us know about any specific needs you may have.