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Lead Systems Engineer - Global Security

Wireless Logic
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<h3><strong>What we’re all about:</strong></h3>
<p>Any company can tell you about how they are a multi award winning, market leading business and yes, we are both of those things in the world of IoT connectivity! But we’re more than that. 🌍✨ Our mission? To make IoT management a breeze for any device, anywhere. With over <strong>10 million IoT subscriptions</strong> active in <strong>165 countries</strong> and direct partnerships with <strong>50 mobile networks</strong>, we connect you to more than <strong>750 networks</strong> worldwide, delivering unmatched value across the IoT connectivity chain.</p>
<p><strong>Innovation is in our DNA</strong>, and we have an insatiable hunger to ‘wow’! 🚀 While we may not always get it right, our drive to collaborate, innovate, and achieve top-notch customer satisfaction never wavers. We offer industry expertise, stellar service support, and the most flexible, resilient, and secure connectivity solutions on the market. Our expertise spans across various sectors, including industry, agriculture, healthcare, security, transport, utilities, and smart cities.</p>
<h3><strong>IoT… a fancy acronym or a secret code?</strong></h3>
<p>The <strong>Internet of Things (IoT)</strong> is like the magical glue that keeps the world connected! 🌐✨ From ordering your favourite takeaway to the ANPR technology that helps you find a parking spot, IoT is everywhere—even if you don’t realize it. At <strong>Wireless Logic</strong>, we provide cutting-edge connectivity solutions and technologies to ensure a vast array of devices stay seamlessly connected.</p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">The role</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559737":492}"> </span></strong></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">The company is seeking an experienced</span> Lead <span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Systems Engineer with extensive security and disaster recovery experience to</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> provide technical leadership ensur</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">ing </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">that Operating Companies (</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">OpCos</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">) implement and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">maintain</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> effective security controls, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity measures in line with Group policies. </span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559737":492,"335559738":40}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559737":492,"335559738":40}">In addition to hands-on engineering responsibilities, this role includes team leadership and capability development, ensuring that local and central engineering teams are effectively guided, supported and aligned with Group strategy.</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">This hands-on role will </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">leverage</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> strong systems engineering </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">expertise</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> to support local IT teams in defining, implementing, and rigorously testing Disaster Recovery plans, as well as enhancing defences against ransomware and other cyber threats.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559737":492,"335559738":40}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">Key relationships</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559737":492,"335559738":40}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Systems Engineers will work closely with the Group Infrastructure team, as well as local IT and operations teams in each operating company. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559737":492}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">They will collaborate with the CISO and wider security operations function to align infrastructure controls with group security strategy, provide technical guidance to application owners and platform specialists.</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">Responsibilities </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">include:</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559737":492}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Security Engineering &amp; Compliance</span>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Oversee and coordinate security engineering activities across teams, ensuring consistent standards and effective delivery.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Guide OpCos in the deployment, configuration, and optimisation of security tools (e.g. Entra, MFA, SSO, Endpoint protection, Network segmentation, PAM, SIEM, Backup and recovery solutions).</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Review local and cloud implementations to ensure technical alignment with Group security standards, toolsets, monitoring and reporting requirements.<span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559737":492}"> 4</span>Assist in incident response activities, particularly ransomware scenarios, ensuring containment and recovery are technically robust.<span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559737":492}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Disaster Recovery &amp; Business Continuity</span>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Partner with local IT teams to design and document DR plans for critical business systems. Across a wide range of cloud and on-premises infrastructure, including Windows, Linux, Containerised and Cloud native environments.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Lead technical DR testing exercises, including Tabletop, system failover, systems and data recovery, and backup validation.<span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559737":492}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Analyse test outcomes, identify gaps, and provide practical remediation guidance.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Ensure recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) are understood, realistic and met.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Coordinate cross-team DR readiness efforts and ensure accountability for remediation actions.</li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="9" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Act as a technical mentor to local IT teams, providing engineering-level guidance on system hardening, patch management, and resilience strategies.</li>
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