Network Security Engineer
National Gas
Warwick/ hybrid
Certificate
Engineering
Permanent
Flexi
Role
Date: 13 Dec 2024
Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
Company: National Gas
Network Security Engineer – Warwick/ hybrid - £competitive DOE
National Gas has an exciting and important role in achieving net zero and in leading a fair energy transition for the UK. We will do this by developing the green gas system of tomorrow, while delivering the natural gas needs of today.
With the separation from National Grid largely complete, this is an exciting opportunity for Security Engineer (Networks) to join our Product Security team, working with market-leading tools within a Critical National Infrastructure environment. Joining a great team, this is a long-term opportunity offering growth and development.
Join us, and help be the energy behind the change.
About the role:
As the Security Engineer for our Networks, you’ll:
- Collaborate with network engineering teams to establish secure network configurations, including firewalls, routers, switches, and VPNs.
- Monitor and analyse network traffic patterns to detect malicious activities or potential breaches, leveraging advanced security tools and intrusion detection systems. Understanding of IPS and IDS tooling.
- Implement and manage network access controls, ensuring only authorised users and devices can access specific network segments. Ensuring compliance to principles of least user privilege.
- Collaborate with IT teams to establish and enforce a rigorous patch management process for network devices.
- Evaluate, recommend, and integrate advanced network security technologies such as AI/ML-driven threat detection and zero-trust network solutions.
- Configuration and Monitoring of our SASE network, working with our cloud vendors to improve efficiency and compliance.
- Evaluate our remote branch and datacentre security policies, suggest improvements, to build on our robust DiD capabilities.
- Develop and maintain an incident response plan for network-based threats, ensuring timely detection, mitigation, and recovery.
About you:
You have proven experience in Network Security and good knowledge of endpoint security and application security best practices, as well as cloud security principles in GCP and/or Azure environments. Experience with programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java) would be highly regarded.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Security+, CEH or AWS Certified Security Specialty certifications are a plus.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects or security communities.
Desirable Experience:
- Palo Alto, Prisma Access & Global Protect experience
- Firewall Management with experience of cloud-based network technologies (NSG, VPC, Palo Alto Panorama & SD-Wan)
- Network Monitoring Tools (Stealthwatch)
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience),
- Annual performance bonus of 6%,
- 26 days’ holiday, plus 8 statutory days – plus option to buy 5 additional days,
- Double-match pension - every £1 you put in, we add £2 (max company contribution 12%),
- Opt-In flexible benefit scheme, including salary sacrifice private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans, car plan and more,
- Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury,
- Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/surrogacy/ shared parental leave,
- Career progression, professional training and development,
- Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7,
- Financial support to cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions relevant to your role.
Other 'nice to knows':
- Hybrid working,
- Career progression and ongoing professional training and development,
- Free gym and exercise classes onsite at our Warwick office,
- Canteen and coffee shop onsite,
- Free parking.
About us:
National Gas is leading a clean, reliable, and affordable energy future for everyone. Our skilled colleagues bring gas to 23m homes, and over 500,000 businesses, including heavy industries and power stations that keep Great Britain's lights on. We fuel growth and innovation, whilst transitioning our network to hydrogen, to play our part in the journey to net zero.
At National Gas, we are committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
#LI-PT1 #LI-Hybrid
Further information:
- Advert close: Sunday December 29th 2024
- Interviews: In the New Year, 2025
We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.