Senior Cyber Security Engineer

You'll be joining a collaborative and forward-thinking IT team made up of enthusiastic professionals who are passionate about delivering innovative technology solutions. This role sits within our IT Networking & Security team, where we maintain key cyber security technologies and the underlying network infrastructure that supports the firm.

As a Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in leading and contributing to the delivery of strategic cyber security projects. Working closely with colleagues and the IT Network & Security Manager, you'll help shape and deliver our IT Business Plan. You'll also have the opportunity to work with the latest industry-leading technologies in an environment that embraces DevOps and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:

• Acting as the Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert on multi-discipline projects
• Planning and delivering work using Azure DevOps across projects and BAU activities
• Serving as the technical lead and escalation point for cyber security requests
• Researching and recommending new cyber security solutions
• Designing and implementing technical solutions to enhance our security posture
• Mentoring junior team members and sharing knowledge across the team
• Driving efficiency through automation tools
• Advising on and responding to security-related service requests
• Supporting the firm's IT strategy with a focus on security infrastructure
• Leading technical scoping, vendor selection, implementation, and rollout of infrastructure technologies
• Proactively monitoring and maintaining the firm's security infrastructure
• Collaborating with vendors and suppliers to build strategic partnerships
• Evaluating emerging technologies and building business cases for adoption
• Driving continuous improvement to support our ISO-27001 accreditation
• Ensuring compliance with our Information Security standards and policies, * Microsoft 365 Defender Suite (including Defender for Cloud, Azure)
• Vulnerability Management
• Web Application Filtering
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Cloudflare
• Secure File Transfer
• Firewalls
• Remote Access / VPN
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• DNS
• Email Gateways
• Security Audits
• ISO27001
• Cyber Essentials

Desirable Technologies:

• Azure DevOps (Scrum principles, Release Pipelines)
• Mitre ATT&CK Framework
• Strong Networking Principles
• ITIL
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, YAML)
• Microsoft Operating Systems (Desktop, Server)
• Exchange Online

• A genuine passion for cyber security and a desire to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Experience implementing security infrastructure and ideally some networking knowledge
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working in a team
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and working with vendors like Microsoft
• A degree in IT or equivalent experience

Certifications that would be advantageous (but not essential):

• Microsoft - Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer
• CEH
• Security+
• OSCP
• Checkpoint - CCSA, CCSE

In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer:

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
• A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
• On site mental health and wellbeing assistance.
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
• Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day's leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments - with the expectation of two 'in-office' days per week.
• A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm.