Senior Security Engineer - Netskope/Proofpoint

Flexible location – London, Milton Keynes, Coventry or Manchester and Home 

The big question: why on earth should am Information Security professional like you work for a 150-year-old retail chain? Because we’re on a journey. We are using security as an enabler to help our teams be nimble with the products they create whilst keeping our systems secure. Our teams are embracing new technologies and need your expertise to empower them to adopt our security principles.

There are thousands of experts to talk to and learn from. We’ve got data from billions of transactions for our teams to play with. Things get built here. They get made here. They hit customers and colleagues quickly, all under the guidance of our expert Information Security team.

 

More about the role:

• Expert on Security Gateway area and solid work experience on security products. Proven track record of email security, PKI and Web Proxy solutions and help design solutions as per Security policies or access requirements for the team
• Work as part of an Agile delivery/engineering team, providing input and carrying out cloud implementation/development tasks applicable to the product portfolio
• As an SME, engage with the Internal Cyber Defence operations team and other stakeholders, including Security Analysts, Senior Product Managers, Delivery Managers, Security Architects, and business areas to ensure that Security Gateway products are delivered securely, protecting colleague, customer data and business data, ensuring compliance with Information Security policies and standards.
• Review and create architectural and design documents including Solution Outline Documents, Detailed Designs, Network Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams etc. and processes to address requirements and risk mitigation strategy as defined in Information security policies. 
• Identify areas of Information Security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that need to be refined or developed within toolsets and have not been implemented so far. 
• Mentor or coach junior members of the team and wider Information Security colleagues to help develop Security Gateway products within Sainsbury’s Group.
• Understand Security Functional and Non-Functional Requirements for each project and ensure that they are fulfilled prior to going into service.
• Be a Champion for the security gateway technologies and deployment strategies within your team from a security perspective.

What we’re looking for:

• Experienced Hands-on Engineering skills: Email gateways, PKI and Web proxy solutions such as Netskope and Microsoft.
• Be a part of an agile team, help formulate the technical strategy along with Product Manager and deliver items from a backlog, provide updates and provide technical advice as required.
• Has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of IT concepts and architectures including Cloud, Network, system administration and delivery of security tools to operations and wider business.
• Solid understanding of Information Security principles and best practices and willing to work across multiple security products and technologies.
• Strong passion for Information Security. Good Knowledge of Security Operations practices. 
• Information Security Management experience is a must, and certifications/qualification added advantage especially ones relating to Security Gateway products
• Proactively takes responsibility, owns any issues arising and follows through to resolve them, recognising how individual responsibility impacts team delivery and inspires others to do the same.

In return you’ll get:

• Colleague discount across the multi-brands – Sainsbury’s, Argos, and Habitat
• Holiday allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Pension plan
• Special offers on holidays, retail vouchers and more

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).