Senior Security Platform Engineer

Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research, and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a big ambition to improve lives through education and research by providing hardware, software, and networking solutions.

Join us and your contribution will help us to empower UK universities, colleges, research institutions and wider customers with technology so that everyone prospers.

About the team:
The security team, part of Group CTO, protects UK Education and Research against a wide range of cyber security threats, supporting our members and customers in improving their digital resilience. By fostering collaboration and continuous improvement, Jisc is committed to building a comprehensive security solution that empowers institutions to defend against evolving cyber threats.

We are actively developing our Security operation centre (SOC) services which includes a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) services, 24x7 security event monitoring and endpoint detection and response services.

About the role:
Working within the Architecture and engineering team, reporting into the Lead Security Architect, you will take responsibility for the establishment and development of the varying Jisc cyber security's public cloud and IaaS/SaaS infrastructure. You will act as a point of escalation for the users and services hosted on this infrastructure so strong communication skills and the ability to discuss complex technical topics with technical and non-technical audiences and to persuade them to follow best practice will be key., You will also have the opportunity to represent and promote Jisc to external communities, attending conferences and taking an active role in taskforces set up to further the development of technologies, including assisting to advance the Jisc brand externally.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain platforms and their applications to support the cyber security division.


• Develop and Maintain documentation in accordance with standards with Jisc and the cyber security division.


• Monitoring the security status of the services and infrastructure - identifying and mitigating potential security vulnerabilities.


• Provide professional expertise to technical programmes and projects of increasing scale and complexity.


• Manage a technical team, ensuring the team maintain appropriate technical qualifications.
  
  You will need to have previous experience in creating and deploying technical solutions in public cloud solutions platforms and be able to demonstrate your knowledgeable in IaaS, SaaS, and Linux server administration., Deploying, Integrating, and administering a wide variety of proprietary and open-source systems.


• Administering a variety of common web server technologies (including MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Ruby, Java, Python).


• Automating systems and processes, building in resilience.


• Fluency in one or more scripting languages, such as Python.


• Ability to keep pace with the evolving technology and threat environments


• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage resources within a collaborative team-based environment.


• Knowledge or experience of working enterprise public cloud technologies. (desirable)


• Experience with threat intelligence, SIEM and SOAR platforms. (desirable)


All roles within our Jisc Cyber Security team require employees to have enhanced background screening checks which include but are not limited to, financial and unspent criminal record checks.

Some roles may also require full UK Security Check (SC) clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years and be willing to undertake this process. You must be able to hold UK security clearance.

At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Our hybrid working policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your nominated office will vary across teams and job roles.


• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments


• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes an additional three closure days over Christmas


• A generous pension scheme


• A range of leave options, including parental leave, 3 days volunteer leave per annum and even career breaks


• A generous budget to support you with external learning and Continuous professional development


• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office


• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning


• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment


• Financial well-being support


• The opportunity to donate to charity tax-free with our Payroll Giving benefit


• A wide range of discounts from retailers and big-name high-street stores


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee recognition awards and travel loans


• Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days' additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech


Equality, diversity and inclusion
We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences, through our culture and employee networks and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we're inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Striving to be best in practice, we are working hard to achieve progressive change. 'Always inclusive' is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.