About this role
Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience in a Cyber Security Engineering or Microsoft Security Engineering role
- Practical experience with Microsoft security technologies, particularly Defender, Sentinel, Entra and Azure
- Experience engineering security controls, developing detection capabilities and improving security tooling
- Knowledge of security automation, integrations, scripting and response workflows
- Understanding of cloud security and modern security practices
- Ability to take ownership, prioritise effectively and work independently in a fast-moving environment
- Experience with Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot and emerging AI security capabilities is advantageous
- Relevant Microsoft security certifications are welcomed
Responsibilities
- Engineer, configure and maintain security controls across Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview and Azure
- Develop and improve security monitoring, telemetry, detection rules and alerting capabilities
- Build security automation, integrations and response workflows
- Review existing security tooling, identify gaps and drive continuous improvement
- Work with technology teams to implement modern security practices and integrate security controls into delivery processes
- Contribute to developing AI security capabilities, including controls and monitoring for AI agents and automated workflows
Technologies
- AI
- AI Agents
- Azure
- Cloud
- Copilot
- Security
More
We are an established technology organisation going through an exciting period of development and are strengthening our Cyber Security team with an experienced Microsoft Security Engineer. We offer an enhanced pension scheme, an annual bonus, and investment in professional development and technical certifications. In this role, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of security engineering and influence the development of a modern security environment.
last updated 45 week of 2026