Cyber Engineer

• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Location: London or Sheffield (Hybrid - 2 days a week onsite)
• Job Type: Contract

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Engineer to join a prestigious UK-based organisation with a rich history spanning over 500 years. This role involves providing deep technical expertise in Microsoft Sentinel, Azure security infrastructure, networking, and security tooling. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in stabilising, improving, and standardising security operations.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Design, implement, and support Microsoft Sentinel infrastructure, including workspaces, data connectors, analytics rules, automation, and workbooks.
• Engineer and maintain Azure security controls across core services, supporting secure cloud operations at enterprise scale.
• Implement, enhance, and maintain security tooling to improve detection, monitoring, and response capabilities.
• Design, deliver, and support certificate automation solutions, including lifecycle management and operational processes.
• Work closely with networking teams to support secure architectures, traffic flows, segmentation, and connectivity patterns.
• Actively support and participate in change approval processes, ensuring security requirements are met without impacting delivery timelines.
• Provide senior-level support for BAU security engineering activities, ensuring stability and resilience of security platforms.
• Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues and incidents across cyber tooling and infrastructure.
• Mentor and support junior cyber engineers, progressively enabling them to take ownership of BAU tasks.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, including infrastructure and configuration.
• Solid Azure platform experience, particularly from a security and infrastructure standpoint.
• Strong networking background, including understanding of network security principles, firewalls, VPNs, routing, and segmentation.
• Experience with a range of security tools (SIEM, monitoring, detection, and response platforms).
• Proven experience delivering and supporting certificate automation.
• Experience operating in enterprise or regulated environments.
• Comfortable working across project delivery, change processes, and BAU support.
• Confident making pragmatic, risk-based security decisions.

Nice-to-Have / Desirable:

• Experience working alongside SOC or security operations teams.
• Scripting or automation experience (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
• Exposure to DevSecOps or Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience supporting third-party vendors or managed security services.

Personal Attributes:

• Pragmatic, delivery-focused approach to security engineering.
• Comfortable acting as a senior point of reference across security, change, and delivery.
• Able to clearly explain technical decisions and trade-offs to engineers and stakeholders.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

To apply for this Cyber Engineer position, please submit your CV detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.