Airbus · 10 hours ago
2nd/3rd line Cyber Defence Engineer
Newport
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
2+ years expAirbus Protect Limited is seeking a Cyber Defence Engineer 2nd/3rd Line to join their team in Newport. The role involves supporting SOC Engineers, managing system maintenance, and ensuring compliance with scheduled patching and reporting on system performance.
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Responsibilities
Support SOC Engineers & Analyst activity
Supports change & release management activity
Ensure scheduled maintenance and patching is approved & delivered within KPI/SLA’s
Produce reports covering SLA Performance, System Performance, Obsolescence, Risk & System availability
System Maintenance, including remote (standalone) platforms
Support the authority with scheduled patching activity, limited to advice and guidance
Liaising with Newport MRO to provide support for daily checks and health status of systems
Monitoring of audit and security logs for breaches and malware across all Zones available
System backups/Restore of the SOC Tooling
Deploy approved patches/software fixes and policy updates
Qualification
Required
The role requires an experienced Cyber Engineer with a strong networking background and ideally have worked on MoD contracts before
Experience carrying out scheduled maintenance and patching to approved deadlines
Previous SOC systems maintenance experience
Autonomous, precise, reliable and solution-oriented attitude
Proactive individual, able to handle multiple topics/ incidents in parallel
Good knowledge of multiple SOC tooling including IDPS/Firewalls/SIEM/Splunk/Email & Web Protection etc
Experience of implementing and fault finding Firewall technologies including Cisco ASR/Palo Alto/Fortinet
Excellent understanding of network technologies
Experience of Scripting and programming
Experience of Windows and RedHat server systems and implementation of CIS hardening
Preferred
Splunk knowledge/experience would be highly advantageous
Benefits
25 days holiday
Flexi time
Option to purchase holidays
Generous pension scheme
Eligibility to a Company profit sharing scheme
Share options
Access to a benefits platform offering car leasing, family health plans, dental plan, shopping discounts and much more …
Company
Airbus
Airbus designs, manufactures, and delivers aerospace products, services, and solutions.
10001+ employees
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