Cyber Security Engineer

Sanderson Recruitment Plc; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment Plc in Bristol offers a Cyber Security Engineer role with hybrid working. You will maintain and enhance security across networks, cloud, and endpoints, owning key technologies and incident response, with exposure to automation and architecture initiatives.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on security experience, cloud security skills (AWS/Azure), and familiarity with security frameworks. The package includes a salary of GBP65,000–GBP75,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Cyber Security Engineer, Network Security Engineer or Security Operations.
• Strong knowledge of firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, XDR, endpoint security and access controls.
• Hands-on with securing AWS and/or Azure environments.
• Familiar with IAM, RBAC, Conditional Access and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience supporting incident response and vulnerability management programmes.
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO27001, CIS Controls and GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve security posture across network, cloud and endpoints.
• Own security technologies, monitor and improve threat detection and incident response.
• Design and secure network architectures; ensure compliant controls.
• Lead or support incident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Develop security automation using PowerShell, Python, Terraform.

Skills

Firewalls

VPNs

IDS/IPS

XDR

Endpoint security

Access controls

Tools

AWS

Azure

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Job description

Cyber Security Engineer

Location: Bristol (Hybrid)

Salary: GBP65,000 – GBP75,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organisation's security posture across network, cloud, and endpoint environments. You'll take ownership of key security technologies, ensure effective monitoring and threat detection capabilities are in place, and support the response to cybersecurity incidents. This is a varied position offering exposure to cloud security, automation, security operations, infrastructure security, and security architecture initiatives. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence security decisions, contribute to strategic projects, and help drive continuous improvement across the cybersecurity function.

Key Responsibilities

Network & Infrastructure Security

• Manage and maintain enterprise security technologies including Firewalls, VPNs, network segmentation, and secure remote access solutions.
• Ensure security controls remain compliant, effective, and aligned to industry best practice.
• Support the design and implementation of secure network architectures.

Threat Detection & Security Monitoring

• Continuously improve threat detection capabilities across the organisation.
• Work with security monitoring and incident response providers to optimise alerting, detection rules, and automated response activities.
• Ensure critical security logs are captured, monitored, and retained in line with compliance requirements.

Cloud & Endpoint Security

• Manage and enhance endpoint security platforms, including XDR and vulnerability management solutions.
• Secure cloud environments across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Implement security best practices relating to identity management, access controls, and cloud workloads.

Incident Response & Vulnerability Management

• Lead or support cyber incident investigations.
• Conduct root cause analysis and provide recommendations to prevent future incidents.
• Coordinate vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.
• Drive timely patching and hardening of network and endpoint devices.

Security Automation & Improvement

• Develop and maintain security automation solutions using technologies such as PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automated security controls and monitoring.
• Contribute to the continuous development of security processes and standards.

Security Assurance

• Participate in secure design reviews for new applications, cloud deployments, and infrastructure projects.
• Support supplier security assessments and third–party risk reviews.
• Ensure security practices align with recognised frameworks and regulatory requirements.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience within a Cyber Security Engineer, Network Security Engineer, or Security Operations role.
• Strong understanding of networking and security technologies including Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, XDR, endpoint security, and access controls.
• Experience designing and securing enterprise networks.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs, segmentation, routing, and security architecture principles.
• Hands–on experience securing AWS and/or Microsoft Azure environments.
• Knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM), RBAC, Conditional Access, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience supporting incident response and vulnerability management programmes.
• Familiarity with security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and GDPR.
• Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or similar technologies.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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