Become a Senior Cyber Security Specialist (SOC) with Capita Technology Solutions in West Malling:

Great Opportunity to join our cyber security team to be responsible for utilising and providing expert knowledge in the area of detective and responsive security controls in a security operations centre environment. As a 3rd-4th line responder, you will have a grounding in Infrastructure and Application security, their vulnerabilities and threats as well as common diagnostic tools and methods.

Our clients and customers include internal Capita business as well as external non-Capita businesses.

You will work with and lead a team of analysts in proactive threat detection, tuning SIEM alerts and other detection tools and processes, correlating events with threat Intelligence and provide reports recommending remedial actions to defend against threats and weaknesses in monitored system among other tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of threat detection analytics & reporting
• Act as escalation point and provide technical support to colleagues and customers
• Tuning of alerts and event sources to ensure highest level of defence
• Ensure all identified events are investigated thoroughly
• Provide security related recommendations to SME's as threat events unfold
• Understanding Vulnerability Data and alignment to customers threat potential

What You'll Bring:

• Broad understanding and experience in all areas of Cyber security
• Broad understanding of the concepts of detective and responsive controls
• Experience of security operations processes, ITIL, Incident response, etc
• An understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• Proven cyber security experience with a strong knowledge of networking and systems security and a good understanding and appreciation of application security
• Experience in one or more of the following: SIEM tools (QRadar and / or Log Rhythm), Windows or 'Nix based system, OWASP, Cloud, Firewalls and/or IPS
• Ability to consistently deliver to deadlines while prioritising without sacrificing quality.
• Professional, hard-working and attention to detail.
• Good understanding of ITIL processes, including Change Management, Incident Management and Problem Management.
• Strong written and oral communications, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
• Ability to gain SC clearance

Desired Technical Experience:

• Programming skills (Python, Ruby, RHP, C, C#, Perl, Java, Regex, PowerShell)
• Project Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP
• CISM
• CEH

About Capita Technology Solutions

Capita Technology Solutions are a division of Capita plc, delivering a portfolio of IT infrastructure and network solutions covering everything from strategic and technical consulting, through to full outsourced solutions. We're currently one of the top five providers in the industry, and a market leader within the UK public sector with the number one market share in local government, education and health.

They are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We're supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions.

What's in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days Holiday, increasing to 27 with time.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - click apply now. If you like to ask questions or want to have a confidential chat then please contact myself, Catherine Gander on (phone number removed).

Become a Senior Cyber Security Specialist (SOC) with Capita Technology Solutions in West Malling:

Great Opportunity to join our cyber security team to be responsible for utilising and providing expert knowledge in the area of detective and responsive security controls in a security operations centre environment. As a 3rd-4th line responder, you will have a grounding in Infrastructure and Application security, their vulnerabilities and threats as well as common diagnostic tools and methods.

Our clients and customers include internal Capita business as well as external non-Capita businesses.

You will work with and lead a team of analysts in proactive threat detection, tuning SIEM alerts and other detection tools and processes, correlating events with threat Intelligence and provide reports recommending remedial actions to defend against threats and weaknesses in monitored system among other tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of threat detection analytics & reporting
• Act as escalation point and provide technical support to colleagues and customers
• Tuning of alerts and event sources to ensure highest level of defence
• Ensure all identified events are investigated thoroughly
• Provide security related recommendations to SME's as threat events unfold
• Understanding Vulnerability Data and alignment to customers threat potential

What You'll Bring:

• Broad understanding and experience in all areas of Cyber security
• Broad understanding of the concepts of detective and responsive controls
• Experience of security operations processes, ITIL, Incident response, etc
• An understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
• Proven cyber security experience with a strong knowledge of networking and systems security and a good understanding and appreciation of application security
• Experience in one or more of the following: SIEM tools (QRadar and / or Log Rhythm), Windows or 'Nix based system, OWASP, Cloud, Firewalls and/or IPS
• Ability to consistently deliver to deadlines while prioritising without sacrificing quality.
• Professional, hard-working and attention to detail.
• Good understanding of ITIL processes, including Change Management, Incident Management and Problem Management.
• Strong written and oral communications, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
• Ability to gain SC clearance

Desired Technical Experience:

• Programming skills (Python, Ruby, RHP, C, C#, Perl, Java, Regex, PowerShell)
• Project Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP
• CISM
• CEH

About Capita Technology Solutions

Capita Technology Solutions are a division of Capita plc, delivering a portfolio of IT infrastructure and network solutions covering everything from strategic and technical consulting, through to full outsourced solutions. We're currently one of the top five providers in the industry, and a market leader within the UK public sector with the number one market share in local government, education and health.

They are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We're supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions.

What's in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days Holiday, increasing to 27 with time.
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - click apply now. If you like to ask questions or want to have a confidential chat then please contact myself, Catherine Gander on (phone number removed).

Our client is a leading and long-established Fintech / Financial Services vendor who counts the world’s leading investment banks and hedge funds amongst their clients. Due to continued organic growth, the need has arisen to hire an additional Application Support Production Engineer to complement their existing team. 

The tech stack consists of Linux, Apache, and MySQL with the core of the system coded in OO Perl. You will be fully trained to understand the bespoke applications and business in depth.

You will be working on 2nd and 3rd line support issues, production issues and client integrations tickets, increasing your technical and business skills. You will be able to work with our software’s base code, test and release your code and system changes to Production.

The applications delivering the services have significant server-based data processing components and a behind-the-scenes data gateway systems. Our services are delivered over the internet, via an interactive user interface.

This is a unique opportunity to join a relatively small company at the point where an Application and Production Support Analyst is required to help the team grow more and handle more complicated and advanced production issues and tickets. You will guide and help other Support members to increase their skills and improve the overall performance and knowledge of the team.

As the company and client services grow, more and new Products are handed over from Development to Support. You will be responsible for understanding and transferring the knowledge to the rest of the team. For existing products already handed over to Support, you will be responsible for creating any missing documentation, fill out any gaps in the knowledge of

these Products and train the other Support member to increase the level of Support the team can currently provide. This role will give you the opportunity to go one step further in your career and become an expert in the Support field, becoming the go to person for production resolution. You will work closely with the development teams to understand in depth the products they have built.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Be able to investigate and resolve complex level 2 and 3 Production issues impacting internal systems and clients

•Work independently, prioritise and handoff if necessary, to other teams

•Triage tickets to the rest of the Support team based on complexity

•Report common issues, analyse the root cause and prevent them from reoccurring, ideally with minimum interaction from the development team

•Responsive on time to internal and external client queries and support level 1,2 and 3 tickets

•Enjoy working within a team, taking ownership, guiding the rest of support team

•Work independently on boarding of new services for new and existing clients

•Updating system configuration across environments

•Automate whenever possible

•Take initiative, propose solutions, permanently fix recurring issues

•Discuss resolution with other team members to increase the knowledge and skills of the team

•Suggesting improvements to the production service, team effectiveness and work on making the improvements happen

•Use the in-house-built monitoring system, understand in depth how it works and work in resolving any issue that may appear

•Make improvements to existing alerts or add new alerts by making changes to the monitoring system’s base code and configuration

•Identify data in the database or other parts of the system that should be regularly monitored to ensure uninterrupted service for clients

•Improve the level of support the team can currently provide in currently supported Products

•Ensure new Products are handed over to Support efficiently with enough documentation and monitoring

•Participate in Client Service and Technology meetings

•Handle production incidents and problem management activities related to an incident

•Chair incident review meetings, propose action points or discuss with other developers and products owners mutually agreed action points

•Follow up on the agreed actions of incidents or even resolve them with minimum help from the development team

•Take ownership of various task of the Support team and provide regular updates to the Tech Support Lead

•Discuss with the Tech Support Lead possible improvements in day to day work, efficiency and effectiveness

•Work closely with the Tech Support Lead and sharing responsibilities whenever necessary

•Coordinate regular DC failover tests, report any issues may appear and ensure they are resolved on time

KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Very good Unix/Linux, SQL knowledge to be able to work on daily Production issues

•Ability to apply previous support experience in a fast-paced environment

•Highly motivated, punctual, organised, responsible

•Able to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems

•Ability to understand quickly and in-depth big complex systems

•Able to prioritise and triage support issues and tickets based on complexity

•Ability to guide and train the support team and communicate effectively, especially during incidents

•Strong communication skills, including the ability to liaise with developers, client service, technical contacts at clients and to provide telephone & e-mail support to end users

•Able to gather technical or business knowledge from various development and business teams, document them, understand them in depth and transfer this knowledge to the rest of the Support team

•Knowledge of encryption protocols, tools and browser security

•Minimum technical training required to be able to support our systems

•Self-motivated

•Confident contacting clients

•Knowledge of file transfer protocols (i.e. FTP/SFTP)

•Experience with networking and firewalls

•Previous experience in monitoring tools

DESIRABLE SKILLS: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Development experience

•Perl programming knowledge

•Business knowledge of financial products

•Message MQ, Kafka, JVM, Scala

Application Support Production Engineer 

Our client is a leading and long-established Fintech / Financial Services vendor who counts the world’s leading investment banks and hedge funds amongst their clients. Due to continued organic growth, the need has arisen to hire an additional Application Support Production Engineer to complement their existing team. 

The tech stack consists of Linux, Apache, and MySQL with the core of the system coded in OO Perl. You will be fully trained to understand the bespoke applications and business in depth.

You will be working on 2nd and 3rd line support issues, production issues and client integrations tickets, increasing your technical and business skills. You will be able to work with our software’s base code, test and release your code and system changes to Production.

The applications delivering the services have significant server-based data processing components and a behind-the-scenes data gateway systems. Our services are delivered over the internet, via an interactive user interface.

This is a unique opportunity to join a relatively small company at the point where an Application and Production Support Analyst is required to help the team grow more and handle more complicated and advanced production issues and tickets. You will guide and help other Support members to increase their skills and improve the overall performance and knowledge of the team.

As the company and client services grow, more and new Products are handed over from Development to Support. You will be responsible for understanding and transferring the knowledge to the rest of the team. For existing products already handed over to Support, you will be responsible for creating any missing documentation, fill out any gaps in the knowledge of

these Products and train the other Support member to increase the level of Support the team can currently provide. This role will give you the opportunity to go one step further in your career and become an expert in the Support field, becoming the go to person for production resolution. You will work closely with the development teams to understand in depth the products they have built.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Be able to investigate and resolve complex level 2 and 3 Production issues impacting internal systems and clients

•Work independently, prioritise and handoff if necessary, to other teams

•Triage tickets to the rest of the Support team based on complexity

•Report common issues, analyse the root cause and prevent them from reoccurring, ideally with minimum interaction from the development team

•Responsive on time to internal and external client queries and support level 1,2 and 3 tickets

•Enjoy working within a team, taking ownership, guiding the rest of support team

•Work independently on boarding of new services for new and existing clients

•Updating system configuration across environments

•Automate whenever possible

•Take initiative, propose solutions, permanently fix recurring issues

•Discuss resolution with other team members to increase the knowledge and skills of the team

•Suggesting improvements to the production service, team effectiveness and work on making the improvements happen

•Use the in-house-built monitoring system, understand in depth how it works and work in resolving any issue that may appear

•Make improvements to existing alerts or add new alerts by making changes to the monitoring system’s base code and configuration

•Identify data in the database or other parts of the system that should be regularly monitored to ensure uninterrupted service for clients

•Improve the level of support the team can currently provide in currently supported Products

•Ensure new Products are handed over to Support efficiently with enough documentation and monitoring

•Participate in Client Service and Technology meetings

•Handle production incidents and problem management activities related to an incident

•Chair incident review meetings, propose action points or discuss with other developers and products owners mutually agreed action points

•Follow up on the agreed actions of incidents or even resolve them with minimum help from the development team

•Take ownership of various task of the Support team and provide regular updates to the Tech Support Lead

•Discuss with the Tech Support Lead possible improvements in day to day work, efficiency and effectiveness

•Work closely with the Tech Support Lead and sharing responsibilities whenever necessary

•Coordinate regular DC failover tests, report any issues may appear and ensure they are resolved on time

KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Very good Unix/Linux, SQL knowledge to be able to work on daily Production issues

•Ability to apply previous support experience in a fast-paced environment

•Highly motivated, punctual, organised, responsible

•Able to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems

•Ability to understand quickly and in-depth big complex systems

•Able to prioritise and triage support issues and tickets based on complexity

•Ability to guide and train the support team and communicate effectively, especially during incidents

•Strong communication skills, including the ability to liaise with developers, client service, technical contacts at clients and to provide telephone & e-mail support to end users

•Able to gather technical or business knowledge from various development and business teams, document them, understand them in depth and transfer this knowledge to the rest of the Support team

•Knowledge of encryption protocols, tools and browser security

•Minimum technical training required to be able to support our systems

•Self-motivated

•Confident contacting clients

•Knowledge of file transfer protocols (i.e. FTP/SFTP)

•Experience with networking and firewalls

•Previous experience in monitoring tools

DESIRABLE SKILLS: Application Support Engineer Fintech

•Development experience

•Perl programming knowledge

•Business knowledge of financial products

•Message MQ, Kafka, JVM, Scala

Application Support Production Engineer 

NEW! Part time opportunities available

• Software Engineers (All Levels)
• System Engineers (All Levels)
• DevOps Engineers (All Levels)
• Test Automation Engineers (All Levels)

Greater Manchester (M5)

We're growing our  technical teams across the business on a number of projects and as an inclusive employer, we'll consider a number of flexible working arrangement and/or part time hours. If you are interested then please outline what you would be looking for on application and we'll call you to discuss. Generally any part time hours considered would be c18-32 hours per working week.

Looking for something different in your software unique in your career? We have a number of fantastic opportunities to join our ever expanding cyber team based at our Cyber Innovation Centre in Greater Manchester.  We are looking for candidates who can really make a difference in the fight against cyber-crime.

You’ll be part of a team that fully embraces Agile working to deliver superior solutions to protect our global customers’ critical infrastructures from the most complex cyber threats.  Customer security is at stake. So, our work is vitally important.

You’ll work with a team of specialist developers, testers and analysts to design, develop and maintain critical cyber applications and systems to support government, law enforcement and commercial customers contributing to the development of solutions using the latest technologies. We are always continuing to try to improve our systems with new projects becoming available to work on with cutting-edge tech.

We have multiple roles available across all our technical disciplines at all levels. If you have the attitude and aptitude to succeed, Raytheon is the place for you.

We have opportunities for Engineers with a variety of skills including Java, C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML,Angular.js Cloud (AWS or Azure) Perl, Ruby, Data analytics, TDD and BDD to name a few whilst we are keen to understand what skills you can bring to our organisation..

This role would be ideal for someone who has a desire to learn more and make a real difference in our cyber and intelligence business.  Raytheon will support your development with various levels of technical training and support your ability to enhance your qualifications if desired. Aside from the work specifics, there will be lots to shout out about, like our work environment.  Don’t think the dull ‘beige’ of traditional information security companies.  See these roles for what they are – an opportunity to innovate and try new things; to fearlessly challenge and question; to learn and progress in an inclusive and supportive culture; to be rewarded for the vital contribution you make.

You don’t need to have a background in Cyber to apply, Interested in exploring further? process your application – you’ve nothing to lose, yet so much to gain!!

 About Raytheon

Raytheon Company, with 2018 sales of $27 billion and 67,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specialising in defence, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 97 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on Twitter.

Raytheon Career Development:

Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join.  Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.

Standard Benefits:

• Benefits – We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible from 18-32 hour working week for a positive work-life balance
• Early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements). Flexible working arrangements can be considered depending on the role and subject to line manager approval.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays

?    Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)

?    6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’

?    Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice scheme’s.

?    Enhanced sick pay scheme

?    Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave.

?    Free snacks & drinks (hot & cold) available on site.

Diversity:

Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA) and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background.

As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists,

Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant ‘Gold Award’ Employee Recognition.

Raytheon UK recognise that our people are the critical factor in our success, and we strive to provide a challenging and rewarding careers.

NEW! Part time opportunities available

• Software Engineers (All Levels)
• System Engineers (All Levels)
• DevOps Engineers (All Levels)
• Test Automation Engineers (All Levels)

Greater Manchester (M5)

We're growing our  technical teams across the business on a number of projects and as an inclusive employer, we'll consider a number of flexible working arrangement and/or part time hours. If you are interested then please outline what you would be looking for on application and we'll call you to discuss. Generally any part time hours considered would be c18-32 hours per working week.

Looking for something different in your software unique in your career? We have a number of fantastic opportunities to join our ever expanding cyber team based at our Cyber Innovation Centre in Greater Manchester.  We are looking for candidates who can really make a difference in the fight against cyber-crime.

You’ll be part of a team that fully embraces Agile working to deliver superior solutions to protect our global customers’ critical infrastructures from the most complex cyber threats.  Customer security is at stake. So, our work is vitally important.

You’ll work with a team of specialist developers, testers and analysts to design, develop and maintain critical cyber applications and systems to support government, law enforcement and commercial customers contributing to the development of solutions using the latest technologies. We are always continuing to try to improve our systems with new projects becoming available to work on with cutting-edge tech.

We have multiple roles available across all our technical disciplines at all levels. If you have the attitude and aptitude to succeed, Raytheon is the place for you.

We have opportunities for Engineers with a variety of skills including Java, C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML,Angular.js Cloud (AWS or Azure) Perl, Ruby, Data analytics, TDD and BDD to name a few whilst we are keen to understand what skills you can bring to our organisation..

This role would be ideal for someone who has a desire to learn more and make a real difference in our cyber and intelligence business.  Raytheon will support your development with various levels of technical training and support your ability to enhance your qualifications if desired. Aside from the work specifics, there will be lots to shout out about, like our work environment.  Don’t think the dull ‘beige’ of traditional information security companies.  See these roles for what they are – an opportunity to innovate and try new things; to fearlessly challenge and question; to learn and progress in an inclusive and supportive culture; to be rewarded for the vital contribution you make.

You don’t need to have a background in Cyber to apply, Interested in exploring further? process your application – you’ve nothing to lose, yet so much to gain!!

 About Raytheon

Raytheon Company, with 2018 sales of $27 billion and 67,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specialising in defence, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 97 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on Twitter.

Raytheon Career Development:

Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join.  Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.

Standard Benefits:

• Benefits – We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible from 18-32 hour working week for a positive work-life balance
• Early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements). Flexible working arrangements can be considered depending on the role and subject to line manager approval.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays

?    Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)

?    6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’

?    Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice scheme’s.

?    Enhanced sick pay scheme

?    Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave.

?    Free snacks & drinks (hot & cold) available on site.

Diversity:

Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA) and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background.

As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists,

Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant ‘Gold Award’ Employee Recognition.

Raytheon UK recognise that our people are the critical factor in our success, and we strive to provide a challenging and rewarding careers.