Senior Security Engineer in City of London

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions.

We are looking to add an experienced Senior Security Engineer to our Gallagher Technology Team. This role will be part of the global security architecture and engineering function in the UK, working closely with twin teams in the US and APAC regions.

What makes this opportunity outstanding? At Gallagher, we believe in balancing professional excellence with a fulfilling work-life balance. We offer hybrid working, allowing you to spend two days a week in the office and three days working from home. Join a world-class team committed to driving exceptional security standards and making a real impact!

How you'll make an impact:

• Define and build Information Security engineering standards, artefacts, design patterns, and technical specification documents.
• Provide engineering expertise across all network products, focusing on Next Gen Firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA’s), Secure Web Gateway (Zscaler), and Endpoint solutions with a focus on Trellix/McAfee product and Ms Defender product suites.
• Take ownership and build Low Level Design (LLD) and operational run books based on the level 1 architecture design.
• Expert level knowledge on Network Protocols, Remote Connectivity, Threat Prevention, Sandbox, DDoS, URL Filtering, and SSL decryption.
• Participate in troubleshooting design level issues.
• Assess, monitor, and recommend improvements to the global network security architecture to improve security posture, mitigate risks, and balance costs.
• Apply skills to security services and help build and protect enterprise systems, applications, data, and assets across multiple geographic regions.
• Proactively identify technical and architectural risks, providing alternatives for improvement.
• Collaborate and partner with different collaborators throughout the organization to ensure alignment with the overall intended design.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and staff across various teams to ensure compliance with GCIS policies.

About you:

• Previous experience working with Firewalls (especially Zscaler), Web Proxies, and Endpoint Security Solutions.
• Hands-on experience working with cloud service providers (Azure and AWS).
• Expert-level understanding of operating systems, antivirus, and malware lifecycle.
• Experience in troubleshooting and identifying performance/operational issues and remediating them.
• Problem solver with a desire to close issues, pragmatic and realistic with solutions.
• Self-motivated achiever who gains happiness from providing excellent customer service.
• Ability to quickly grasp and interpret salient information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to present technical challenges to both technical and non-technical audiences, internal and external to the organization.
• Flexible and resilient, able to handle various demands, both planned and unplanned.
• Proven ability to balance multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Compensation and benefits:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance.
• Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back-up family care.
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity. Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities. We understand that applicants may have disabilities; if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.