Cyber Security Engineer

Based in Northamptonshire

Hybrid work (70/30 split)

Permanent opportunity

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum DOE

*Please note this role requires you to be eligible for SC Clearance or to already hold SC

We are looking to recruit a cyber security engineer to undertake:

Patching and hardening of windows and network devices

Threat hunting and basic incident response/triage

Vulnerability assessments with Nessus

Proactive proposal of changes and optimisations to keep pace with Internet borne threats.

The engineer will need a good understanding of Internet security to:

Conduct security assessments of new applications and cloud services.

Conduct audits of existing security functions.

Conduct the implementation of the latest security technology in new projects.

The engineer must have experience of:

MS Defender for Endpoint, Sophos EDR, or near equivalent EDR tools

Azure, Intune/MEM, and Active Directory Group Policies on Windows

Tuning SIEM and logging

Experience of the following is strongly desirable, but not a pre-requisite as training can be provided:

Experience of working in UK government or defence

Working with firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption, wireless protection and email security

Implementing RMADS, ISO27001 and CIS baselines

Working with MS Defender and Sentinel suite, Alienvault, Solarwinds, SCCM, Cisco and/or Sophos technologies

Certificates & PKI