Quick overview
Job description
Security Design Engineer (Service Mesh) - 6 Month inital Contract - INSIDE IR35 - London, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham
We are looking for an experienced Network Security Architect / Security Engineer with strong Service Mesh experience to support a major security transformation within a complex enterprise environment.
This is a Network Security role, not a DevOps, SRE or Platform Engineering position.
The core focus is the security architecture surrounding Service Mesh and modern microservices environments. We need someone who brings a genuine background in network security, understands technologies such as firewalls, proxies, IDS/IPS, segmentation and Layer Seven security, and has subsequently applied those principles within Kubernetes and Service Mesh environments.
Key experience
Security
Nerwork
Service mesh
Architecture
Location
London, UK
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.
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