Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer Up to £36,000 Essex/Hybrid (2/3 days on site/remote) Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below. Who's it for... We are proud to be partnering with a fast growing Private Equity backed IT Services Provider. An established technology business now into the early stages of their high growth journey and looking to hire another cyber security engineer. The role… This offers a unique opportunity to join a cyber security team and work in a varied security engineer role that will see you perform; customer security assessments to review their posture in line with cyber essentials plus, manage security alerts, take security support needs from the service desk teams, work with the managed SOC team, conduct vulnerability scans, pen testing exercises and look into why support ticket scenarios have flagged a security risk through to working on ransomware breaches alongside the security manager. It would suit any experienced SOC analysts, M365 Support Engineers with a security interest, or security engineers who are bored in a repetitive role and want to really widen their security knowledge and day to day variety outside a straight SOC environment and know M365 security. What you need… -An understanding of MFA, security incident tickets, AD/Entra ID Identities -M365 security/Cond Access/Intune -An understanding of Cyber Essentials and the confidence to learn/undertake customer cyber security assessments/reviews -An appreciation of the SOC teams responsibilities to work with the SOC team on incidents -Vulnerability scanning -An appreciation of broader cyber security engineering -A background in customer support ideally with M365, Entra Identity/Access etc, -Good communication and documentation skills In return you will join this growth focussed technology services organisation as they look to build out their customer security offerings and services over time. *Applicants must be based in a commutable distance in Essex or the surrounding locations only with 2 days required in the office a week. For more information please apply or reach out direct to Jamie Elliss.