Inmarsat has been at the forefront of global mobile satellite communications for over forty years, and is the market leading provider of voice and high-speed data communications for users on land, at sea and in the air through its constellation of 14 geostationary satellites.  Inmarsat is a privately owned company with a profitable track record and significant growth aspirations. This is represented by more than 55 nationalities in the workforce, reflecting the global and dynamic nature of the business. With an investment of over $3 billion in its latest network infrastructure, Inmarsat is at the forefront of global mobile communications innovation.

Chief Operations Office 

Inmarsat’s Chief Operations Office (COO) plays a vital role managing the services that keep our business running and delivering to our customers. COO consists of 9 functions including: Satellite Operations, Network Operations, Service Assurance, Service Delivery Aviation and Customer Assurance, Service Delivery and Supply Chain, Project Management Office, Global Cyber Security and Group IT

Primary role purpose:

As Inmarsat continues to mature our internal technology stack and develop commercial cyber security products and services, we recognize the value of formal information security architecture & engineering processes as key enablers of such activities, as such we are looking for a skilled and experienced Security Operations Engineer to join our team in a highly technical role. The team’s mission consists in:

• Supporting the Inmarsat Cyber Security Operations tools stack and associated services both on-prem and Cloud-based
• Providing the core Security Engineering function for the Cyber Security Operations Center (C-SOC)
• Integrating a variety of Inmarsat Group programmes and associated infrastructure elements with the C-SOC

The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for the design, the deployment and the enhancement of the C-SOC tools and platforms including the following key responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

• Improve and rationalise distributed SIEM deployments made of off-the-shelf and bespoke tools / platforms for events and flow monitoring
• Scale and deploy the Vulnerability Management infrastructure to cover 50+ remote sites
• Management and enhancement of event indexing, normalisation and visualisation tools on a global scale
• Design and deployment of scalable AV, EDR and HIPS platform
• Test, build and document system-to-system integrations using a combination of bespoke software and off-the-shelf HTTP-based API
• Carry out major system upgrades and supervise the Junior Engineers in defining system operations such as: backup / restore, DR simulations, updates / upgrades, End-of-Life hardware / software refresh
• Provide support to the Security Operations Engineering Team Lead in establishing a robust, resilient, redundant enterprise-grade architecture for the C-SOC tools stack, including associated change management processes
• Act as escalation point for issues associated with all the tools and platform, troubleshooting and escalate to the Vendors when required

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• A bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems or other related field; or equivalent work experience is desired
• Professional security certification, such as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), SANS certifications or other similar credentials, is desired
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
• Proven work experience as a System Security Engineer and/or Administrator
• Hands on experience in building and maintaining a wide portfolio of Security tools like SIEM platforms, vulnerability management tools and systems integrations
• Detailed technical knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
• Experience with network security and networking
• Experience with IaaS / PaaS / SaaS Cloud providers and associated security offering
• Hands on knowledge of system’s API principles and integration techniques 
• Hands on knowledge of Bash scripting and Python programming languages
• Familiarity with web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures) and of network/web related protocols
• Detailed understanding of Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management
• Knowledge or exposure to Cloud technologies, such as IaaS, SaaS & PaaS deployments, with detailed knowledge of Azure, AWS and GCP being highly desirable
• Experience with implementing Privileged Access Management solutions, ideally CyberArk
• Experience working in as a Security Engineer or can demonstrate equivalent experience
• Experience of working in Security Operations is highly desirable
• Must be eligible to work in this location advertised
• Individuals with SC clearance or are eligible to apply for SC are highly desirable

Inmarsat Values: 

Our values define Inmarsat’s culture and represent what we believe in. Inmarsat employees aspire to certain behaviours which support our corporate values, they create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Customer - Providing a unique value to our customers
• Accountability – taking ownership, getting results and keeping our promises
• Respect – collaborating, embracing diversity and valuing differences
• Excellence – creating bold solutions for our customers and putting quality at the heart of everything we do