Cyber Security Engineer

North Bristol | Inside IR35 | Hybrid Onsite Working

We're supporting a North Bristol organisation in the search for a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer to join their growing security function. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced cyber professional who enjoys combining security operations, engineering and vulnerability management activities within a predominantly Microsoft-based environment.

The Role

Working closely with infrastructure, networking and IT teams, you'll play a key role in protecting the organisation's technology estate across both on-premise and cloud environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and investigating security alerts through Microsoft security platforms
• Leading vulnerability management activities, identifying risks and supporting remediation
• Monitoring and responding to EDR/XDR, email security and DLP alerts
• Supporting Microsoft Sentinel and wider security tooling
• Managing Conditional Access, identity and privileged access security controls
• Working with infrastructure teams to improve security posture and reduce risk
• Participating in security projects and change management processes
• Supporting incident response activities when required
• Maintaining security documentation, reporting and compliance activities

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 4 years' commercial Cyber Security experience
• Experience across both Security Operations and Security Engineering environments
• Strong Microsoft security experience, including Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with EDR/XDR technologies
• Vulnerability management experience using tools such as Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7 or similar
• Good understanding of Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, IAM and PAM
• Experience with email security and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards such as ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, NIST or PCI DSS
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable Experience

• Exposure to Purple Team activities, combining offensive and defensive security principles
• Operational Technology (OT) or Industrial Control Systems exposure
• Next-generation firewall technologies
• Threat hunting and incident response experience
• Microsoft Defender security technologies

Location

Candidates should be within a reasonable commuting distance of North Bristol, ideally within one hour and no more than approximately 90 minutes travel, due to occasional onsite incident response requirements.

If you're an experienced Cyber Security professional looking for a varied role combining security operations, engineering, vulnerability management and Microsoft security technologies, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration.