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Lead Systems Engineer - Global Security
WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT: 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 wo...
WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT:
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 10 million IoT subscriptions active in 165 countries and direct partnerships with 50 mobile networks, we
connect you to more than 750 networks worldwide, delivering unmatched value across the IoT connectivity chain.
Innovation is in our DNA, 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.
IOT… A FANCY ACRONYM OR A SECRET CODE?
The Internet of Things (IoT) 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 Wireless Logic, we
provide cutting-edge connectivity solutions and technologies to ensure a vast array of devices stay seamlessly connected.
The role
The company is seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer with extensive security and disaster recovery experience to provide
technical leadership ensuring that Operating Companies (OpCos) implement and maintain effective security controls, disaster
recovery (DR), and business continuity measures in line with Group policies.
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.
This hands-on role will leverage strong systems engineering expertise 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.
Key relationships
Systems Engineers will work closely with the Group Infrastructure team, as well as local IT and operations teams in each operating
company.
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.
Responsibilities include:
- Security Engineering & Compliance
- Oversee and coordinate security engineering activities across teams, ensuring consistent standards and effective delivery.
- 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).
- Review local and cloud implementations to ensure technical alignment with Group security standards, toolsets, monitoring and
reporting requirements. 4Assist in incident response activities, particularly ransomware scenarios, ensuring containment and
recovery are technically robust.
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- 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.
- Lead technical DR testing exercises, including Tabletop, system failover, systems and data recovery, and backup validation.
- Analyse test outcomes, identify gaps, and provide practical remediation guidance.
- Ensure recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) are understood, realistic and met.
- Coordinate cross-team DR readiness efforts and ensure accountability for remediation actions.
- Technical Support & Collaboration
- Act as a technical mentor to local IT teams, providing engineering-level guidance on system hardening, patch management, and
resilience strategies.
- Provide day-to-day leadership to engineers, including task prioritisation, workload management and technical oversight.
- Conduct knowledge sharing sessions and promote best practices across teams.
- Develop standardised runbooks and technical playbooks for ransomware prevention, response, and recovery.
- Continuous Improvement
- Work with the CISO and Security team to track emerging security threats and recommend technical improvements to security and
resilience tooling.
- Support the integration of cloud-based and on-premises systems into DR strategies.
- Provide input into Group-wide security awareness initiatives, ensuring technical accuracy.
Expertise Required
- Strong background as a Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with significant exposure to IT Security and resilience.
- Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring systems engineering teams in a technical environment
- Proven track record in designing and testing Disaster Recovery solutions across multiple technology stacks.
- Familiarity with backup solutions, replication technologies, and high-availability architectures.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls) and security tooling (EDR, SIEM, vulnerability
management).
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in complex environments.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to engage effectively with global teams.
- Proven experience with zero trust security models in hybrid environments, least privilege enforcement, Privileged Access
Management (PAM),
- Strong knowledge of networking (routing, firewalls, segmentation, VPN, DNS, load balancers).
- Practical expertise in AWS and/or Azure platforms, IAM, and cloud security controls.
- Administration and hardening of VMware vSphere infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
- Proficiency with Windows Server and Linux.
- Advanced scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible).
- Experience managing M365/Entra ID, SSO, MFA, and conditional access.
- Experience with vulnerability management using tools such as Tenable.io.
- Experience working in multi-national environments with diverse technical standards.
- Knowledge of telecoms or IoT-related infrastructure.
Behaviours
Successful candidates will demonstrate a hands-on, problem-solving mindset, with a strong focus on delivering secure and resilient
systems. They will be collaborative team players, able to work effectively with colleagues across geographies and technical
disciplines. A proactive approach to automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement is essential, along with a
willingness to challenge legacy practices and adopt modern, secure alternatives. Above all, they will act with integrity and
accountability, ensuring that security and resilience remain at the forefront of their work.
Why work with us?
- The opportunity to work for an entrepreneurial Company
- Full training, ongoing support, and the tools you need to grow and develop in your role
- We are a company with a heart and who genuinely values and respects its employees
- A key role in delivering and strengthening resilience across a global organisation.
- Opportunities to drive critical disaster recovery and security initiatives across multiple regions.
- Exposure to complex hybrid cloud and telecoms infrastructure
Who are we?
A new thing, device or asset is connected to Wireless Logic’s cellular platform every 18 seconds of every day. And today, Wireless
Logic Group has over 6 million IoT SIM subscriptions active in 165 countries, with collaborative partnerships that provide reach
into more than 750 global networks.
The group is entirely customer and market-driven, meeting customers where they are to help them innovate by providing expert
service and the most flexible, resilient, and secure connectivity solutions in the market.
Wireless Logic’s purpose-built IoT connectivity platforms connect (globally and locally) across multiple mobile networks and
technologies to give customers a single management window for their assets. It provides the ultimate connectivity, control, and
security.
Wireless Logic Group is backed by Montagu Private Equity, one of the world’s leading private equity-backed investors, giving
Wireless Logic Group unrivalled financial strength.
Where do I apply?
If this sounds like a role you are interested in please submit your application directly through our website including your CV.
Wireless Logic LTD are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible
candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status,
or pregnancy and maternity.
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst
enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how
we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process, but we are currently excited to
have our employees experience our office culture as much as possible.
Wireless Logic Group unites and brings people together. We accomplish this when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and
inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture we aim to reflect the world’s diverse voices both
internally and externally to ensure success in our mission.
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Role
Lead Systems Engineer - Global Security
Category
Data/IT
Locations
Published
June 15
Deadline
August 16