Campus - Full Time - Information Security Engineer - 2027 (UK - London/Brighton/Burgess Hill)
21 hours ago
Burgess Hill
Overview You join a global team to help protect American Express information systems and digital assets. As a Cybersecurity Engineer in the graduate program, you’ll work across security domains to support secure architecture, IAM, endpoint protection, cloud security, and more. You’ll collaborate with engineering, product, risk, and operations teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle. You’ll explore emerging threats and AI-enabled security tools to improve defenses. This role offers hands-on learning and meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment. ResponsibilitiesSupport secure network, endpoint, identity, access management, application security, and cloud security activities under guidance from experienced engineersAssist with security documentation, assessment findings, remediation tracking, reporting, and control implementation activities that support compliance and security posture improvementsCollaborate with software development and product teams to help integrate security into the software development lifecycle and support secure coding practicesResearch emerging cyber threats, security technologies, AI-enabled security risks, and control approaches to support team knowledge and decision-makingUse AI-enabled cybersecurity tools to support threat detection, alert triage, analysis, documentation, and investigation activities while validating outputs before escalation or implementationSupport security control implementation and monitoring approaches for cloud-based, AI-enabled, or enterprise technology servicesApply structured prompt design techniques when using AI agent-enabled security tools, including clear context, objectives, constraints, and security requirementsCollaborate across cybersecurity, engineering, product, risk, operations, and business teams to strengthen secure technology delivery and enterprise risk reduction Key requirementsBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Engineering, or another technical fieldGraduation date between December 2026 and June 2027Foundational understanding of cybersecurity concepts across security domainsFoundational knowledge of network protocols, IAM, data privacy, and secure software development conceptsInterest in scripting or automation (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell)Strong communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, discretion, attention to detail, and learning agilityMust have a drive to work in a team environmentStrong communicationCollaborationAnalytical thinkingCybersecurity fundamentalsNetwork securityIdentity and access management