Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer

Location: Preston, Frimley or Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £53,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide ongoing management and administration of Cyber Security Endpoint Security solutions and provide support to projects delivering and implementation of Cyber Security solutions
• Installation & support of security toolset hardware. Knowledge of networking for troubleshooting required. (For clarity, this is not a typical network engineer or SOC analyst role)
• Provide ongoing management and administration of Cyber Security solutions
• Provide guidance and support to team members where required
• Maintain the technology architecture to verify that systems and processes meet the specified security requirements, and that processes to verify on-going compliance are in place

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• A Good technical background with a proven experience in a Cyber Security role
• End point protection: Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware engineering support, including installation & support of the backend product as well as local endpoint agent support.
• Trellix security suite including ePO, TIE/DXL, ENS Threat Prevention and ATP, DLP

Desirable:

• Knowledge/Experience of Microsoft Defender and its management tools
• Obsolescence solutions including Trellix Application Control and Bit9 (Carbon Black)
• FireEye HX
• HIAB Vulnerability Management
• Knowledge and understanding of security toolsets

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cyber Engineering End Point Protection team:

Work as part of a team safeguarding BAE Systems UK enterprise IT infrastructure against cyber threats through the configuration, installation and maintenance of Cyber Security Technical Control Software solutions and compensating controls.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 13th June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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