Infrastructure Security Specialist Full-time, Permanent Edinburgh (hybrid – likely 2 days a week in office) £50,000 p.a starting salary Excellent benefits – market leading Pension & Annual Leave allowance The Organisation This fantastic opportunity is with one of Scotland’s most vital public organisations, ensuring that Scotland’s public sector remains transparent, accountable, and corruption free – to better serve the public good.
Are you the right candidate for this opportunity Make sure to read the full description below.
We are working with this client on an exclusive basis and they have an excellent reputation for integrity, some excellent technologists, and a good work-life balance (especially for an InfraSec role) Few employers offer more holidays & a better pensions package.
You will also have a training budget to ensure that you’re continuously learning, upskilling & growing your career.
In short: A worthwhile central mission, strong benefits package, & a flexible, pragmatic employer with good work-life balance.
The Job This position is hiring for a cyber security specialist focusing on cloud & networking technologies to configure & maintain highly-secure cloud based solutions.
Managing both tech & people-based defences; planning & reacting to cyber incident; analysing attack & improving future protections; working on web security & cloud connectivity.
The role has been created due to the growth of the organisation’s security capabilities & the promotion of the current Security Specialist.
The main purposes of this role will be to: Counter potential threats Create & maintain a safe & optimal environment Communicate highly technical problems & solutions to less technical colleagues Balance multiple complex projects, on-time & on-budget The Skills & Experience Required Must be an expert in cybersecurity for local network & cloud environments Hands-on experience of Azure, Hyper-V & Office 365 (bonus to have prior history with O365 & Azure platform deployments).
Strong experience & familiarity with Microsoft tech generally Deep networking knowledge across a range of associated technologies like firewalls, proxies, IDS/IPS, VPN.
SIEM related principles like parsing/normalisation of logs, log storage & collection, rule engine, event monitoring is advantageous.
Familiarity with ISO 27001 best practice will also be highly advantageous.
The successful applicant will likely come from a technical environment where they have had to touch on multiple different technologies and problem-solve rather than specialise within a niche technology or heavily siloed team.
The Tech The technical environment includes both cloud & on-prem technologies, across firewalls & proxies.
Supporting a mix of Azure & Hyper-V.
Office 365 is prevalent.
The formerly Citrix environment has been replaced with Azure Virtual Desktop.
Currently working in Windows 10 but there will be a rollout of Windows 11 in the coming year.
Microsoft Defender, Intune, & Entra all involved.
Please apply with CV to be considered.
The hiring organisation is a proud disability confident employer, please do inform us if you need any reasonable adjustments to be made.