Company Description\n\nGenomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.\n\nOur mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.\n\nWe are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.\n\nJob Description\n\nAs a Cyber Security Engineer within the Cyber Security squad, you will contribute to the standardisation of security best practices across Genomics England, using Automation and Configuration as Code to achieve this. \n\nWorking closely with Platform Engineers and Solution Architects, you will ensure the fast, smooth rollout of new designs and products, as well as assist with the deployment and maintenance of new security tools. You will not only configure and deploy security products but will be confident using them.  \n\nYou will be someone with a strong Security mindset, having SOC analyst skills and experience such that you can train others.  \n\nYou will also be responsible for automating security processes and ensuring AWS best practices are upheld across the Engineering Chapter ensuring AWS best practice throughout the Engineering Chapter.   \n\nSkills and Experience for Success: \n\nExperience managing, building, and operation 3rd Party Security Software including: DarkTrace, CrowdStrike, CloudFlare.\nHands-on experience hunting,  monitoring, detecting, analysing, investigating and responding to cyber security threats.\nCompetent embedding threat intel into BaU process.\nExperience using and configuring AWS Security Services (AWS Config, AWS Inspector, AWS Security Hub, AWS Guard Duty, AWS CloudTrail).\nKnowledge of Terraform and Ansible.\nExperience with CI / CD – ideally GitLab CI.\nPrevious experience working in a DevOps / Squad Culture.\nGood Scripting skills - Language here is not important but what is important is that candidates are     comfortable with writing AWS Lambda’s in a language of their choosing (i.e.

Python or other).\n\nQualifications\n\nQualifications are not essential but any AWS, Terraform or Ansible Certifications are always helpful!  \nFor this role being Certified in ‘AWS Certified Security – Specialty’ ((url removed)) would be highly desirable \n\nAdditional Information\n\nSalary from £71,000\n\nBeing an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: \n\n30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards\nA generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution\nLife Assurance (3 x salary)\nIndividual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal\nA wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes\nEnhanced maternity & paternity benefits\nBlended working arrangementsTalk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.\n\n#LI-Hybrid\n\nEqual opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace \n\nGenomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. \n\nGenomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  \n\nGenomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.

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