Associate Security Engineer — Flexible Hybrid IT Security

NCC Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

25 days annual leave

Pension & Life Assurance

Share Save Scheme

Volunteer opportunities

Green Car Scheme

Cycle to work

Special Time Off

Family Planning

Job summary

NCC Group's Cyber and Information Security Team protects internal systems and assets, implementing, monitoring and maintaining security tools and configurations to safeguard confidentiality, integrity and availability. The Associate Security Engineer role supports the Security Engineering Team and helps manage cyber risk.

This position is ideal for someone building a career in security engineering with opportunities to contribute to BAU and project work, and to promote good security practices

Qualifications

• Experience in IT, infrastructure, service desk, cloud, security operations, or information security.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure, Defender 365, Defender XDR, Sentinel, AD, Intune or VMware.
• Awareness of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls, Cyber Essentials or ISO 27001.
• Awareness of privileged access management, endpoint security, incident response, AWS security, mobile device security, Windows or Linux environments is desirable.
• Security-related certifications or learning pathways, such as Security+, SC-900 or AZ-900.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Group in constantly striving to improve its cyber security posture, seeking out and exploiting opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting and maintaining security solutions (e.g. Defender for Endpoint, privileged access management systems, access policies, application management, etc.)
• Taking part in the investigation of security alerts and incidents, in conjunction with the Security Operations Centre and Digital Forensics colleagues
• Involvement in the investigation, development and adoption of cyber and information security technology, process, policy and best practice.
• Working on BAU and Project tasks assigned to the Security Engineering Team.
• Working closely with the Security Program Team and Technical IT Teams where required.

Skills

Security operations

Azure Defender

Active Directory

NIST / CIS / ISO 27001

Security certifications

Tools

Defender for Endpoint

Privileged Access Mgmt

Microsoft Defender 365

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure Active Directory

Intune

VMware

Job description

NCC Group's Cyber and Information Security Team protects internal systems and assets, implementing, monitoring and maintaining security tools and configurations to safeguard confidentiality, integrity and availability. The Associate Security Engineer role supports the Security Engineering Team and helps manage cyber risk.

This position is ideal for someone building a career in security engineering with opportunities to contribute to BAU and project work, and to promote good security practices