Cyber Security Engineer

As a Cyber Security Engineer at Akita, you'll be a core part of our Security Pod, responsible for the day-to-day protection of our customer environments. This is a hands-on operational role focused on monitoring, investigation and incident response, ensuring threats are identified, contained, and remediated effectively.

You'll execute security operations across our customer base, including triaging alerts, leading technical response during incidents, and implementing and tuning controls across Microsoft 365 and associated platforms. You'll work extensively with IAM, PIM, Conditional Access, Defender, and email security tools, ensuring controls are correctly deployed and continuously optimised.

Alongside operational delivery, you'll contribute to the ongoing maturity of our managed security services improving processes, refining detections and helping standardise how we deliver security at scale. You will work closely with the wider service delivery teams, driving a security-first mindset and ensuring pragmatic, consistent risk reduction across all customers.

The role is highly practical, covering IAM/PIM, endpoint protection, email security, data governance, and user-focused security improvements. It's well suited to someone who enjoys getting hands-on, working through alerts methodically, and delivering real-world security outcomes for customers.

• Knowledge of MDR/EDR alert handling and incident response fundamentals

• Understanding of phishing investigation techniques

• Knowledge of Entra ID / Azure AD, MFA, Conditional Access, and identity lifecycle

• Experience with endpoint protection tools (Defender, Sophos) and Intune device management

• Understanding of Microsoft email security (Safe Links, Safe Attachments, anti phish/spam)

• Supporting all security related requests on the security board.

• Supporting technical implementation relating to security projects, * Knowledge of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC#

• Familiarity with SIEM monitoring, log analysis, and configuration drift detection

• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview (DLP, sensitivity labels, encryption)

• CE+ & ISO 27001 knowledge

• Understanding of Vulnerability Scanning and Pen Testing, * Cyber Security related Degree

• Microsoft AZ-500 (Azure Security Engineer Associate)

• Microsoft SC-200 (Security Operations Analyst)

• Microsoft SC-300 (Identity & Access Administrator)

• CompTIA Security+, The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• High standards of customer service

• A keen level of attention to detail

• Strong analytics skills.

Akita is a leading IT managed service provider, delivering high-quality IT support and services to over 250 organisations across the UK. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional IT support with the highest levels of customer service. Employees at Akita benefit from an exciting and fast-paced environment in which they gain exposure to up and coming technologies. Continued professional development is encouraged so that our team members develop existing skills and gain new ones. Hard work is rewarded by career progression and talent is recognised to ensure our engineers have the passion and drive required to deliver outstanding service to our clients.