Security Engineer – Telecommunications

Protect the networks and platforms used to deliver telecommunications services. The work combines incident investigation, vulnerability reduction and security input into changes proposed by engineering and operations teams.

Your responsibilities

• Implement security controls across network and IT environments.
• Investigate alerts, coordinate response and support recovery after incidents.
• Assess vulnerabilities and misconfiguration and work with owners on remediation.
• Review changes involving cloud, virtualised and containerised systems.
• Evaluate safeguards for new technologies, network changes and integrations.
• Keep security documentation current and improve the control environment.

Experience and skills

• Professional experience in cybersecurity, network security or infrastructure security.
• Knowledge of network protocols, segmentation, firewalls, VPNs and IDS/IPS.
• Experience with SIEM tools and incident investigation.
• Familiarity with Linux, IAM and vulnerability management.
• Understanding of telecom environments, including 4G or 5G architecture.
• Scripting with Python, Bash or a comparable language.
• The ability to explain risk clearly to engineering and operations colleagues.

Additional experience that would help

• 5G Core, RAN security, NFV or SDN.
• Cloud and Kubernetes security.
• SOAR, threat intelligence or penetration testing.
• CISSP, CCSP, Security+ or vendor network-security qualifications.

Apply through Huwell Consultancy using vacancy reference HC-5614. Include experience relevant to this position and any questions you would like to discuss.