Cyber Security Engineer

Morson Talent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Insurance

25 days annual leave

Plus, more

Job summary

Morson Talent seeks a Cyber Security Specialist to join a multi-disciplinary security team. You will deliver threat detection and response, conduct vulnerability scanning, dark web monitoring, and social engineering assessments, producing clear security reports for a diverse client base.

The role involves developing security tooling and integrations, supporting AI-driven capabilities, and acting as a technical escalation point for complex incidents. Some remote work is available.

Qualifications

• Strong technical expertise in security, network, and infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with secure Azure/AWS cloud environments and security tooling development.
• Proven ability to drive security automation using DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC).
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills; knowledge of phishing threats and social engineering.

Responsibilities

• Deliver threat detection and response for multiple clients.
• Perform vulnerability scanning and security assessments.
• Conduct dark web monitoring and social engineering assessments.
• Produce security reports and strengthen security posture for diverse clients.
• Develop and maintain security tooling and integrations; support AI-driven capabilities.

Skills

Security expertise

Cloud security

Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Sentinel

DevOps / IaC

Threat detection

Communication

Phishing awareness

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Sentinel

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

As a Cyber Security Specialist, you will work within a multi-disciplinary security team delivering a broad range of services, including threat detection and response, vulnerability scanning, dark web monitoring, social engineering assessments, and security reporting. You will act as a technical escalation point for complex security incidents, leading containment and remediation activities while helping to maintain and enhance the security posture of a diverse client base.

The role also involves developing and maintaining security tooling and integrations, while supporting the adoption of AI-driven capabilities to improve threat detection and response. Working closely with internal teams and customers, you will ensure effective incident resolution and vulnerability compliance, while staying up to date with emerging threats, threat actors, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities. This role can offer 3 days remote working.

• Strong technical expertise in security, network, and infrastructure technologies, including experience with secure Azure/AWS cloud environments, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Sentinel, and security tooling development.
• Proven ability to drive security automation and operational improvements using modern DevOps practices such as CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, with experience designing, building, and optimising security platforms.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, customer service, and problem-solving skills, combined with a proactive approach and knowledge of social engineering, phishing threats, and security best practices; relevant Microsoft certifications and AI/ML qualifications are advantageous.
• Pension
• Life Insurance
• 25 days annual leave
• Plus, more

Next Steps:

Due to the sensitive environments, where you will be based for this position, you will need to be able to pass security checks to be considered.