About this role
Responsible for administering, supporting, and optimizing the AlgoSec Security Management Suite to automate firewall policy management, strengthen security governance, improve compliance reporting, and provide visibility into application connectivity and traffic flows across the enterprise network.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support the AlgoSec Security Management Suite, including:
Firewall Analyzer
FireFlow
ObjectFlow
AppViz
- Manage and optimize firewall policies using AlgoSec automation capabilities.
- Perform risk analysis and identify security policy violations.
- Support firewall access recertification and compliance initiatives.
- Govern firewall change management workflows through FireFlow.
- Generate security and compliance reports for audit and regulatory requirements.
- Analyze network traffic flows and application connectivity dependencies using AppViz.
- Review and optimize security policies to improve network security posture.
- Collaborate with network, security, and application teams to implement secure connectivity requirements.
- Ensure firewall rules align with security standards and business requirements.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with the AlgoSec Security Management Suite:
- Firewall Analyzer
- FireFlow
- ObjectFlow
- AppViz
- Firewall policy management and optimization.
- Security policy analysis and risk assessment.
- Firewall change governance and workflow management.
- Access recertification and compliance reporting.
- Application connectivity mapping and dependency analysis.
- Network traffic flow analysis.
- Security policy automation and orchestration.
- Enterprise network security concepts and firewall technologies.
Functional Skills
- Security governance and compliance management.
- Incident investigation and problem-solving.
- Stakeholder communication and coordination.
- Risk assessment and mitigation.
- Documentation and reporting.
Preferred Skills
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across technical and executive audiences.
- Ability to influence and drive security improvements across infrastructure, cloud, engineering, and operational teams.
- Strong analytical approach to risk identification, remediation, and operational optimisation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical issues in a clear and concise manner.
- Demonstrated ability to balance security, operational resilience, regulatory obligations, and business requirements.
About security roles for ex-police
Security management, operations and consultancy roles. Years of operational policing — command, incident response, public order — translate directly into corporate security, and employers in this sector actively rate police experience.
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- Investigative casework
- Risk & threat assessment
- Working to legislation & regulation
What security roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Security officer (SIA) | £24,000–£29,000 |
| Security supervisor / team leader | £28,000–£34,000 |
| Site / security manager | £38,000–£52,000 |
| Regional / operations security manager | £50,000–£65,000 |