Cyber Security Engineer

Wales & West Utilities Limited; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension with Aviva (5% employee, 10%+2

Annual bonus

Job summary

Wales & West Utilities Limited is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Cyber Resilience team. The role focuses on delivering enterprise-wide cyber security, including threat monitoring, vulnerable management, identity and access controls, and security governance across IT, cloud, and OT environments.

You will lead secure Azure implementations, configure Entra ID, and act as SME on security technologies while engaging with governance boards and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud).
• Experience with Microsoft Purview for information protection and Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM/SOC.
• Strong knowledge of Azure environments, policies, controls and governance structures.
• Strong technical knowledge of Azure services and architecture (networking, identity, storage, compute).
• Ability to analyze problems, identify root causes and propose risk-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Enhance threat monitoring, detection and incident response capabilities.
• Own the implementation and ongoing improvement of the cyber security estate across assets.
• Administer and secure Microsoft Entra ID including Conditional Access, Identity Protection and PAM.
• Act as SME for security technologies and represent Cyber Technology at governance forums.

Skills

Defender Suite

Purview

Sentinel

IAM & PAM

Azure governance

Tools

Azure

Microsoft Entra

PAM

Job description

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Security Engineer to join our Cyber Resilience team to deliver hands-on cyber security services ensuring the effective operation and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide Security Operations capabilities, including threat monitoring, vulnerability management, security engineering, identity and access management, security assurance, and cyber resilience activities across IT, cloud and OT (Desirable) environments.

You’ll be relied on to:

• Work with the Cyber Security Team to enhance the organisation's threat monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities.
• Own the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the cyber security estate, covering user, infrastructure, cloud, application, and OT assets.
• Consult on, administer, and secure Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, Identity Protection, and Privileged Access Management (PAM), ensuring effective identity and access management controls are implemented and maintained.
• Act as the SME and trusted advisor for security technologies and products, representing Cyber Technology at governance boards and key stakeholder forums.

You can read a full job description here .

You’ll need to have:

• Deep, hands-on experience with the Microsoft Defender Suite (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, and Defender for Cloud), alongside Microsoft Purview for information protection and Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM and SOC capabilities.
• Strong knowledge and experience of establishing secure, well-governed Azure environments, implementing baseline policies, controls, and governance structures.
• Strong technical knowledge of Azure services and architecture, including networking, identity, storage, and compute, and how security controls are applied across them.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to break down complex problems, identify root causes, and determine risk-proportionate solutions.
• Able to adapt quickly to the evolving cyber threat landscape, maintaining awareness of emerging risks, technologies, and industry developments.

What you’ll get in return:

• A competitive salary starting at £62,160 rising to £71,484
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
• Choices flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Friends & Family Discount for Three Mobile and Broadband
• Colleague recognition including Annual Celebrating Excellence Awards
• Living Wage Accredited Employer
• Award winning employer for 'Outstanding Contribution to Workplace Health and Wellbeing' and leading the industry in championing equality, diversity and inclusion
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.