Lead Security Automation Engineer

Full Time

Permanent

Remote WFH (London office 2-3 days per month)

£85-105K basic + benefits

Are you an experienced Lead Security Automation Engineer looking for a new challenge?

Do you have a strong background in Security Automation with Ansible + Vulnerability remediation experience, along with Bash/Python/PowerShell Scripting and GIT experience and any knowledge of the banking/financial sector?

Here at ARM we are recruiting for a full time permanent Lead Security Automation Engineer for a global IT services and consultancy client of ours.

Our client:

They're a leading business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and they undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Their advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Overview:

We're seeking a Lead Security Automaton Engineer with Ansible and Vulnerability experience to join our clients team on a full time permanent basis.

The end client under its Platform Security Solutions team has a requirement to create an Enterprise Wide (The whole company and affiliates) self-service, end-to-end vulnerability remediation.

Vulnerability remediation referred to as any OS, software and firmware updates and upgrades done on a regular basis and ad-hoc basis depending on the risk and urgency defined by Global Cybersecurity organization. The End-to-end nature of the solution would be defined as all automation, orchestration and tooling required to remediate a technical vulnerability identified by an industry standard vulnerability scanner. Additionally, the solution should enable Self-service for IT and Business teams to limit involvement of TPEO (Infrastructure Operations and Platform Engineering) and Global Cybersecurity stakeholders in the day-to-day vulnerability remediation operations, governance and reporting.

This role will require travel into London a couple times per month.

Description of Services:

• Expand on the existing automation capability to improve and fix overall vulnerability remediation capabilities across the enterprise
• Create API-based (incl. but not limited to REST/GraphQL) integrations and orchestration for the vulnerability remediation, ServiceNow and internal self-service portals
• Upskill current team with knowledge of vulnerability remediation automation and orchestration
• Maintain, troubleshoot and create Ansible patching & vulnerability remediation playbooks/related documentation and serve as first line of contact for users weekend supports where feasible
• Assist in evaluation of the current vulnerability remediation automation, coverage and reporting gaps and help address these gaps

Responsibilities-

Experience:

• Security automation background (Middleware, Network devices, Servers, DB, 3rd party applications)
• Familiarity with Vulnerability and Patch Management processes
• Ansible
• Vulnerability remediation and configuration experience
• Strong experience with Scripting languages (eg Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Ability to work with REST and/or GraphQL APIs
• Strong system administration background (RHEL and/or Windows Server, VMware ESXi etc.)
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues in a hybrid (cloud/on-prem) environment.
• Ability to create technical documentation and/or SOPs
• Experience with GIT

Some of the benefits include:

• Healthcare and dental insurance
• Company pension is matched up to 5%
• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and the option to purchase 5 extra days
• Life assurance - 4 x annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Client prioritises internal development opportunities and offer access to our Udemy training platform with over 5000 training courses

Please contact me directly

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.