Job Details
Salary: Competitive per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible working with up to 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 29th November 2024
In a nutshell
At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.
Join our Cyber Security Operations team as a Security Engineer and play a vital role in protecting our IT infrastructure and endpoints from cyber threats. You will focus on developing and managing vulnerability management and security testing tools, collaborating with technical teams and service providers to improve processes, and guiding the implementation of improvement strategies with IT, development, and project teams. Stay up to date with standard methodologies in cybersecurity to contribute to security transformation initiatives.
Day to day
* Regularly perform thorough vulnerability assessments using automated tools and manual techniques to identify potential security weaknesses across systems, applications, and networks.
* Complete penetration tests to simulate cyber-attacks, evaluate system security, and identify vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by attackers.
* Assess the severity and potential impact of identified vulnerabilities, prioritising them based on risk.
* Build relationships and collaborate with internal and external teams to develop and implement effective remediation plans, ensuring that vulnerabilities are properly addressed and mitigated.
* Continuously monitor the status of identified vulnerabilities and remediation efforts, providing regular reports and updates to management and stakeholders.
* Contribute to the investigation and response of security incidents, demonstrating expertise in vulnerability management to determine underlying causes and suggest preventive actions.
* Develop, manage and maintain vulnerability assessment and penetration testing tools and solutions.
* Keep abreast of the latest security trends, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors, and integrate this knowledge into VA's vulnerability management practices.
* Contribute to the development and enhancement of security policies, standards, and procedures related to vulnerability management.
* Assist the Director of Information and Cyber Security in establishing a successful and efficient function that prioritises the security of the "Most Loved Travel Company".
About you
* Experience with automated and manual techniques for identifying security weaknesses in systems, applications, and networks.
* Ability to assess the impact and severity of identified vulnerabilities and prioritise them based on risk.
* Experience in working with Infrastructure and development teams to implement effective security remediation strategies.
* Familiarity with tools such as Nessus, Qualys, Defender, OpenVAS for vulnerability assessments, and Metasploit, Pentera, Burp Suite for penetration testing.
* Strong abilities to analyse complex security issues and devise effective solutions. High attention to detail.
* Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to produce and present high-quality reports, insights and metrics, that aid in the risk-based approach to vulnerability management.
* Knowledge of security standards and frameworks like MITRE, NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and CIS Controls.
* Some scripting in KQL, Powershell and Linux exposure.
Does this sound like you? If you're energised by the prospect of being part of our amazing Cyber Security Team then we'd love to hear from you!
Be yourself
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive.
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