Cyber Engineer - DV Cleared

Job Advert: Contract Cyber Engineer (DV Cleared) ?? Newport | ?? 6-month contract likely extension ?? Fully onsite | ?? Up to £90 per hour (Umbrella) ?? DV Clearance required / British Nationals only We're recruiting for an experienced Contract Cyber Engineer to join a major defence cyber security function.

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This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on technical problem solving, acting as a senior point of escalation, and supporting a high-performance Security Operations Centre (SOC).

You'll work within a specialist cyber defence organisation, supporting the smooth running of security tools, leading operational engineering activity, and ensuring that new security projects transition successfully into the live environment.

The Role As a Contract Cyber Engineer, you will: Act as the senior escalation point for SOC engineering issues Support SOC Analysts and Engineers with toolset faults, troubleshooting and ongoing operational work Oversee toolset availability, performance, and capacity Support change and release management, including planned upgrades and deployments Ensure new systems introduced by the design team can be supported operationally Maintain a strong awareness of emerging cyber technologies, tools and best practice Work with the wider Airbus Cyber Defence Centre on tooling and security product improvements Provide technical input into documentation, processes, and service support activities This is a key position in a busy SOC environment, fully onsite, requiring strong communication skills and the ability to work across engineering, operations, and cyber security functions.

What You'll Need (Essential) Strong working knowledge of core SOC tooling e.g.

SIEM/Splunk, IDPS, Email/Web security, Firewalls Hands-on experience with Cisco ASR, Palo xkybehq Alto or Fortinet firewalls Excellent understanding of network technologies (LAN/WAN, routing, switching) Experience with scripting or programming (PowerShell, Python, Bash etc.) Experience with Windows Server and RedHat (RHEL) administration, including CIS hardening Desirable Skills Experience with any of the following is beneficial: vCenter / VMware ESXi / vSAN Nessus / Tenable SQL / MariaDB CheckMK, Jira, Syslog management Patch management (WSUS etc.) AD / LDAP / PAM Backup/restore solutions Disaster recovery and service continuity ISO 27001 / Cyber Essentialsd02fcfcb-6df4-40ee-95cf-3eb059ce3173