Cyber Security Engineer (REF 197774)

Job Title - Cyber Security Engineer (REF 197774)

Location - Manchester

Working pattern - Hybrid

Permanent role

Role Profile

We're looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a high-performing security function responsible for protecting a critical national infrastructure environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on cyber security professional who enjoys building and improving security monitoring capabilities, enhancing security controls, and working collaboratively across technology, security and operational teams.

You'll play a key role in maintaining and developing our security tooling, improving threat detection capabilities, and ensuring our security operations remain effective in an evolving threat

landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain and develop the Elastic SIEM platform.
• Improve security monitoring, detection and response capabilities.
• Support Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Network Operations Centre (NOC) activities.
• Design and enhance security controls across AWS and Azure environments.
• Support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) initiatives and associated controls.
• Deliver log ingestion, transformation, normalisation and integration activities.
• Work closely with Security Operations, Cloud, Security Architecture, Governance and wider technology teams.
• Investigate security events and contribute to threat detection improvements.
• Ensure security tooling effectively supports operational and business requirements.

What We're Looking For

• Strong foundation in cyber security engineering and security operations.
• Experience working with SIEM technologies (Elastic experience advantageous but not essential).
• Understanding of log management, telemetry pipelines and data integration.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles across AWS and Azure.
• Experience with security monitoring, detection and incident investigation.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to operate within complex, regulated environments.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• Comfortable influencing stakeholders at different levels.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership.
• Collaborative approach with a focus on delivering positive security outcomes.
• Curious, adaptable and committed to continuous learning.

Suitable Backgrounds

We welcome applications from professionals with experience in:

• Cyber Security Engineering
• Security Operations (SOC)
• Infrastructure Security
• IT Operations
• Security Monitoring & Detection Engineering
• Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)