Security Engineer - Virtualisation experience

ROLE AND CONTEXT

Our client is looking for a Senior Security Engineer/IT Systems Integrator to plan, deploy & support global IT Security infrastructure projects.

The successful candidate can look forward to working in a global engineering team tasked with deploying exciting new security technologies to the global IT infrastructure in the fight against new & emerging security threats.

This position is ideally suited for a candidate with VMware deployment & management experience looking to expand their horizons into information security.

Security Engineer responsibilities:

• Work with IT Architecture teams to produce low level designs, proof of concepts & technology roadmaps.
• Support project management colleagues in development of project scheduling, deployment plans, & stakeholder management.
• Analyse technical solutions end to end to determine the most effective delivery approach, estimate timelines and costs for security solutions.
• Serve as technical lead for technologies throughout the life of projects. 
• Execute first time right product installation & configuration.
• Successfully hand off operations responsibility to the relevant support teams
• Consult with and advise local business units on issues from best security practice, technical issues with existing technologies etc.
• Occasionally travel (<5%) to regional/global hubs or for vendor conferences/training.
• Continuously improve engineering processes through automation & process refinement.

Experience & Skills:

5+ years’ experience working in a global IT environment in a systems integration or deployment role with 2+ years’ experience managing deployments on virtual infrastructure (VCE Vblock, VMware vSphere etc.), capacity & utilisation planning for virtual infrastructure.

• Virtualisation skills – Intermediate/Advanced
• IT Security skills – Intermediate
• Networking skills – Intermediate
• Operating Systems (Win/*nix) – Intermediate/Advanced
• Stakeholder management – Intermediate
• Project Coordination – Beginner/Intermediate
• Communication & presentation skills – Intermediate
• Planning & Organisation skills - Intermediate

Desired behaviours & traits:

• Excellent problem-solving ability with effective debugging of complex systems.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly with senior stakeholders
• Strong documentation and reporting skills.
• Results focused.

Vendor/Platform experience preferred:

• Implementation of product installation, configuration, migration & troubleshooting of networking and security equipment (minimum 2) from:
• Intrusion detection/prevention systems
• Firewalls (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto)
• Network switches (Cisco ACI, Nexus)
• Symantec Endpoint Protection/AV
• Wireless networking equipment
• Log management (Splunk, RSA Security Analytics or similar)
• Virtualisation (VMWare, HyTrust)
• Identity management 
• Data loss prevention

Relevant Industry Certificates:

Although no specific certificates are required, candidates with a history of continual professional development are preferred.

The following qualifications are highly desirable:

• VMware – VCP-DCV or higher
• Microsoft – MSCA or MCSE
• Other vendors specific certificates are also applicable

Information Security certificates, any of:

·                     CISSP, CEH, CISM, CISA, OffSec, SANS