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# Cyber Security Specialist

- **Company:** DGH Recruitment Ltd.
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £90,000.0 - £105,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Microsoft Security Essentials, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-116096219ED1A06868/

## About the Role

5+ years experience of working within a cyber security engineering lead/specialist capacity, with a focus on incident response, threat monitoring, and vulnerability management.

 - Knowledge of best practices in modern security architectures and incident responses.
 - Strong knowledge of Microsoft security environments (including Defender & Sentinel).
 - Experience of Infrastructure Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery planning.
 - Experience designing, integrating and managing complex infrastructure solutions.
 - Strong knowledge of ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials + (will be working closely with Info Sec team).
 - Hold at least one security related certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CCNA Security, AZ-500.
 - Experience of working within an ITIL aligned environment.
 - Excellent problem-solving ability including leading multi-disciplinary teams to identify, research and coordinate resource to diagnose & troubleshoot complex issues.

## Description

Working policy: 4 days per week required in the office during probation, 3 days thereafter.

The role will be responsible for the ownership and continual development of cybersecurity controls and security architecture. You will develop security policies, identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, investigate security incidents, and lead the response and resolution of major cyber incidents, helping to ensure the technology environment remains secure, resilient, and aligned to business needs.

Key areas of focus:

Cyber Security Engineering:

 - Identify vulnerabilities in hardware and software to be remediated by Engineering/Operations teams.
 - Understand current and emerging security threats.
 - Assist and lead in Incident Response investigations and mitigation

Project Delivery:

 - Be able where relevant to participate in and lead varied IT Infrastructure life cycle & security projects. Including HLD creation, solution costing and review.
 - Ensure that proposed infrastructure architecture/design are aligned with Firms policies.
Post project, participate in evaluating the success of the project, identifying best practices and lessons learned.

3rd Line Support:

 - Provide Major Problem/Incident Support where Operations team need steering from a subject matter expert.
 - Liaison with 3rd party suppliers on system issues.
 - Ensuring that all members of 3rd level teams have the relevant skills sharing, procedures and documentation.