Security Engineer

Within ISD, the Information Security Group (ISG) leads on all aspects of security at UCL. This post is in ISG’s Security operations team, which has primarily responsibility for security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence. About the role Please note that this role is only available to UCL employees and we cannot consider external applicants This is an excellent opportunity within our information security services team to help support the delivery of a comprehensive set of information security services to the UCL community. You key task will be to help maintain and develop a number of security solutions to help better support a number of the core university requirements. In tandem, proactively identifying security weaknesses and recommending appropriate strategies to mitigate these. Additionally, you will be required to support and identify the security capability, requirements and options for meeting these. whilst dealing with our main vendors.

To be considered you must have the following skills & experience:

• Solid experience of working in an engineering role
• Hands-on experience with SIEM solutions, EDR, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management platforms, and other security technologies
• In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles, threat landscapes, and attack vectors
• Experience in writing accurate, well-structured documents and reports aimed at both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in customer care with an ability to interact with customers in a tactful and friendly manner
• Demonstrable ability to manage problems through to resolution using uncertain and incomplete information

Desirable skills would include:

• Experience in developing and implementing information security strategy
• Relevant qualification (GIAC, CISSP, etc.) or equivalent professional experience
• Commitment to and knowledge of advancing equality, diversity and inclusion

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Available documents

UCL is a world-leading teaching and research university, often ranked in the top ten in the world with an annual turnover of over £1.5 billion. With our mission to be London’s Global University, we seek to take on the hardest global challenges. The Information Services Division (ISD) is the primary provider of IT services to UCL. We digitally enable education, research, and the running of the university by providing mission-critical information and technology services to over 50,000 staff and students. Our ambition is to be the leading IT services group in the HE sector and we are growing our team’s capability in experience/UX, agile development, security, cloud, service management and partnering. We are modernising our technology foundations, digitising the processes of the university to transform experience for students and staff, and partnering across the university to drive differentiation in UCL education and research.