Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer in Coventry

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Senior Information Security Engineer

Department: IT

This role operates primarily on a remote working arrangement that will require only occasional (approximately once per month) travel into our Coventry office or various campuses.

About Arden University: We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

About our Department: The Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer sits within the Information Security Team as part of the wider IT Department. This team is crucial in ensuring that the security of all Arden information is world class and ensures that projects can be delivered and the right solutions can be found so that our employees and students can work effectively.

About the Opportunity: We are currently recruiting a Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer to join our expanding Cyber Security team. If you are looking for the next step in your information security career, this role could be for you. As our new Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a member of the Information Security Team and responsible for actively implementing new cyber security controls into the University’s infrastructure; acting as the main point of contact with our third-party SOC supplier; investigating and reporting on attempted and actual breaches; compiling reports and data for incidents as they occur and throughout the incident management process. The role is key in enhancing security measures, improving performance and ensuring end-user satisfaction within Arden University’s IT Infrastructure. The Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer role also forms part of our on-call IT Engineers rota working 1:6 on-call. Please do not apply if you are not able to commit to this.

About You: To be a good fit for this role, you will have:

• Essential: Significant practical experience in applying cyber security protection and detection technologies.
• Significant hands-on experience in monitoring, managing and updating MS Sentinel, MS Defender and working with SOC engineers and third-parties.
• Strong IT skills and knowledge including hardware, software, networking infrastructure and cloud services.
• Significant work experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics.
• Technical aspects of security architecture, including the operation and management of security tools and systems.
• Applying current and emerging technologies to meet operational needs.
• Security protocols and principles.
• Security systems including anti-virus applications, content filtering, authentication systems, and device encryption.
• Security technologies related to Firewalls, Endpoint Protection (EDR, XDR), DNS, VPN, MFA, DDOS mitigation technologies, networking wired and wireless technologies (such as Cisco Meraki).

• Desirable: Recognised information security certification e.g. CISSP, Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200), Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100).
• Experience of Azure IaaS, Logic Apps, Playbooks and Runbooks.

Why Arden: At Arden, you will become part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be, and we reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• SimplyHealth plan option
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study Arden courses for free, with a discount for family and friends
• Plus, other excellent benefits
• Our “Golden Ticket” which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education

Our Values: Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

Closing Date: February 15. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you wish to be considered under this scheme, indicate via the application form; by doing so you consent to sharing this information with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We recruit without discrimination based on age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement: Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.