Enterprise Security Manager

Astroscale UK are seeking a talented information security professional to join our Global IT and Security Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a self-starting, highly motivated hands-on individual to help secure Astroscale’s information systems.

This role will afford the successful applicant the opportunity to drive security improvement across our estate, which covers Microsoft 365, on-premises systems and AWS cloud services. The role will cover monitoring and analysis of our security posture, ensuring that best practices are applied and that the best possible secure configurations are in place.

This isn’t a position for someone to write reports on identified weaknesses, it’s for someone to roll up their sleeves and fix them alongside our global team of IT professionals.

Responsibilities 

• Analyse, continually enhance and report on the security of our Microsoft tenant. This will include ensuring all security controls required are effectively implemented including conditional access, identity management and privileged access management.
• Lead the configuration of Microsoft Purview for data loss prevention.
• Actively manage software vulnerabilities. Through the use of Intune, and working with the global IT team, create and manage installations to ensure that software across the estate is patched. Actively seek out dangerous software and remove it.
• Analyse our cloud services ensuring that best practice is applied to our secure configurations.
• Work to enhance and improve our detection capabilities, ensuring that we have sufficient sensors to identify anomalous activity across our endpoints, cloud infrastructure and on-premises equipment.
• Regularly audit our information systems through conducting regular or automated penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and other security testing activities.
• Hunt for threats in the Microsoft environment and build custom detections specific to our use cases.
• Act as a main point of contact for incident management and interface with our MDR partners including being an out-of-hours P1 contact.
• Work with other members of the security team to build assurance in our specific use cases, including spacecraft operations.
• Support forensic investigations and malware analysis.
• Develop and enhance our threat intelligence feeds, keep up to date with evolving security threats and ensure we are well protected.
  

Essential Skills

• Solid Microsoft 365 security experience in configuration as well as analysis.
• Intune experience in a corporate production environment.
• Experience working in hybrid global environments with VPNs and complex network topologies.
• Experience with DLP technologies, ideally Microsoft Purview.
• Degree educated with a Computer Science/Information Security degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience working in a blue-team type environment or role.
• AWS and cloud security understanding and experience.
• Penetration testing knowledge and experience, from vulnerability scanning through to more advanced security analysis.
• Demonstrable experience in managing security incidents.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.

Desirable skills

• Experience in attaining, maintaining or assessing Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Knowledge and experience of the UK CAF.
• Experience and knowledge of ISO27001 or similar standards.
• Programming and scripting in PowerShell, Python and other languages.
  

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay
• Optional 9/75 working pattern
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit)
• Relocation allowance
• Visa sponsorship for employees considered
• New state of the art office and cleanroom facility
• Regular social events

Location

Astroscale UK (Harwell), with potential for some travel to Astroscale Japan (Tokyo).

About Astroscale

We aim to deliver cutting edge technologies that will become part of routine commercial space operations by 2030.

Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, we are developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of in-orbit servicing missions, including End of Life services, Active Debris Removal, In-situ Space Situational Awareness and Life Extension Services, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate against the hazardous build-up of debris in space.

Astroscale is an Equal Opportunities employer and embraces a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Note to recruitment agencies: Astroscale operates a preferred Supplier List, and we do not accept unsolicited agency approaches. Please do not forward candidate CVs or details in response to this advert, or to any Astroscale employee.