Lead Engineer Technology Security

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen.

As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Lead Network Security Operations Center Engineer, and find your superpower. We need you!

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.

We want to find an innovative, adaptable, and results-oriented Lead Network Security Operations Center Engineer for our Security department.

This position can be located in Warwick or London office. If you yearn to be innovative, contribute new ideas, and play a critical part in our Security Engineering business unit, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

As a Lead Network Security Operations Center (NSOC) Engineer, you'll be responsible for overseeing and supporting the management of Network Security capabilities within the NSOC.

You'll serve as a technical leader and provide guidance on incident, change, and problem management activities. Additionally, you'll actively seek opportunities to enhance the NSOC's overall capability and process workflow.

This involves collaborating with key stakeholders to optimize Network Security capabilities, with the goal of improving user experience and enhancing the organization's security posture.

This position will on occasion require you to field a call off hours. Along with your UK counterpart, it will be your responsibility to manage on-call resources, including yourself being available, as necessary.

Key responsibilities include the following :

• Provide expert guidance in operating, maintaining, and enhancing Network Security capabilities
• Serve as a technical escalation point for NSOC Engineers, including providing support during on-call rotations.
• Engage effectively with key stakeholders to ensure that the services supported by the NSOC meet customer and stakeholder requirements.
• Create and present regular performance reports to the Senior Leadership team.
• Mentor junior team members to support their professional development
• Lead problem management initiatives to identify key trends and execute remediation plans for recurring incidents.

About you

• A degree in Cyber Security related discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with security technologies, including Palo Alto and Cisco ASA
• Extensive experience in leading and responding to incidents and change activities in a large enterprise environment.
• Strong experience maintaining, troubleshooting, supporting, and optimizing network security capabilities.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and infrastructure designs, including cloud infrastructures, routing, firewall functionality, host and network intrusion detection systems, encryption, load balancing, and other network devices.
• The following certifications would be a plus : - Cisco CCIE Security, Checkpoint CCSE / CCSM, Palo Alto PCNSE, F5 201 / 401 and Zscaler ZDTA / ZTCA

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £70,000 £80,000 dependent on capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Info

The closing date for this vacancy is 17th September. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date.

National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

DE & I statement

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people.

Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need.

We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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