Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

Based in Northamptonshire

Hybrid work (70/30 split)

Permanent opportunity

£45,000 - £55,000 per annum DOE

Patching and hardening of windows and network devices

*Please note this role requires you to be SC or DV Cleared

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