Azure & Defender Security Engineer (Hybrid, Cardiff)

Yolk Recruitment; City; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Discretionary bonus up to 10%

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension with Aviva (5% employee, 10% +

Life Insurance: 14x salary

Choice flexible benefits scheme

Financial Wellbeing Programme

Enhanced parental leave pay

Retail discounts and cashback

Annual salary review

Company Sick Pay

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join a hybrid role in Cardiff. You will strengthen security operations across a complex technology environment, focusing on Defender, Sentinel, Azure, and Entra ID security while supporting vulnerability management and incident response.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, contribute to security architecture decisions, and ensure compliance with recognised frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven Security Engineer experience.
• Solid experience with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Hands-on Azure and Entra ID security experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management and security frameworks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve Defender and Sentinel capabilities across the environment.
• Secure Azure environments and implement effective security controls.
• Manage Entra ID security, including CA, identity protection, and privileged access.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation.
• Implement data protection controls using Purview.
• Support threat monitoring, detection and incident response.
• Provide security input into projects and architecture decisions.
• Support security frameworks such as NCSC CAF, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls.

Skills

Security engineering experience

Microsoft Defender

Sentinel

Azure security

Entra ID security

Vulnerability management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Sentinel

Azure

Entra ID

Purview

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join a hybrid role in Cardiff. You will strengthen security operations across a complex technology environment, focusing on Defender, Sentinel, Azure, and Entra ID security while supporting vulnerability management and incident response.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, contribute to security architecture decisions, and ensure compliance with recognised frameworks.