Security Operations Engineer

Security Operations Engineer

Holborn, London, UK.

Argus is where smart people belong and where they can grow.  We answer the challenge of illuminating markets and shaping new futures.

What we’re looking for

We make extensive use of modern technology and are heavily invested in the cloud. Our in-house development team develops and supports several client facing web and mobile platforms built as greenfield projects with leading edge technology. 

A part of our continuous improvement program we see seek to expand our Security Operations team, working closely with other regions within a support model that is moving towards a 24/7 service. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to gain invaluable experience in a fast paced, rapidly growing business environment.

The Security Operations Engineer will be a critical player supporting a growing application, network and server infrastructure. The role encompasses a wide range of technologies, including AWS, Windows, Linux and networking, and the candidate would be comfortable with the occasional desktop issue.

What will you be doing
 

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to work with the global team to affect change and improve current processes and procedures.

• Active monitoring and responding to security events and incidents escalating as required for remediation.
• Contribute to improving the security monitoring systems and tools to reduce false-positives and more accurately and quickly identifying security events and remediating them.
• Maintain AWS security governance policies, including custom IAM policies, security groups, NACLs, and S3 bucket policies.
• Security hardening servers, desktops and network devices.
• Assisting the Security team with compliance audit activities.
• Training and coaching of security policies, processes, procedures, best practices, awareness, and other such training to the technology support teams.
• Keeping abreast with the latest vulnerabilities, attacks, and security tools to stay current with security trends and risks.
• Participate in OS patch management and coordination using patch management tools such as BitDefender GravityZone.
• Test Windows and Linux security patch packages.
• Troubleshoot Windows and Linux OS and application security patch installations.
• Monitor and report on the implementation of intrusion detection, firewall policies and malware software.
• Participate in ongoing operations projects.
• Participate in technical on-call rotation.

Skills and Experience

• Experience with active monitoring and providing feedback about security trends and risks as they relate to business systems, policies, processes, and infrastructure.
• Proven experience with security threat remediation, patch management compliance, and reporting.
• Operational experience with security controls, driving remediation required, performing root cause analysis and implementing continuous improvement process opportunities.

• Intermediate-level knowledge in one or more specific technical areas, network/cloud security, malware detection/analysis, threat intelligence, cryptography, vulnerability management, incident response, forensics, social engineering, or hacking techniques.
• Implementing and managing endpoint security controls and best practices in an enterprise environment.
• Implementing security policies and practices in AWS.
• Scripting / Development experience is desirable
• Ability to read, interpret, write and correct AWS IAM and other security-related policies
• Experience developing on native AWS capabilities, including serverless architectures to deploy and manage security solutions
• Hands-on experience with automated log review, alerting and data analytics.
• Experience within a 24x7 production environment, preferably across multiple datacenters and 3rd party cloud environments

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme 
• Group pension scheme 
• Group healthcare and life assurance scheme 
• 25 days holiday with annual increase up to 30 days  
• Subsidised gym membership 
• Season ticket travel loans 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Extensive internal and external training

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets. Headquartered in London with over 1,400 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.  Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Argus is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network.  Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions 

By submitting your job application, you automatically acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data to the Company. Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.