Cyber Security Engineer in City

Yolk Recruitment; City; On-site; 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

Cyber Security Engineer Hybrid / Cardiff 62,000 - 72,000

We're looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join an established Cyber Resilience function, taking a hands-on role in strengthening security operations across a complex technology environment.

You'll work across Microsoft security technologies, cloud security, identity, vulnerability management and threat detection, while helping improve the organisation's overall cyber resilience.

What you'll be doing:

• Managing and improving Microsoft Defender and Sentinel capabilities
• Securing Azure environments and implementing effective security controls
• Managing Entra ID security, including Conditional Access, Identity Protection and privileged access
• Supporting vulnerability management and remediation
• Implementing data protection controls using Microsoft Purview
• Supporting threat monitoring, detection and incident response
• Providing security input into technology projects and architecture decisions
• Supporting security frameworks including NCSC CAF, ISO 27001, NIST CSF and CIS Controls
• Acting as a security SME to technical and non-technical stakeholders

What we're looking for:

• Proven Security Engineer experience
• Strong Microsoft Defender and Sentinel knowledge
• Good Azure and Entra ID security experience
• Hands-on vulnerability management experience
• Understanding of security frameworks and technical controls
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Discretionary bonus of up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, 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
• Annual salary review
• Company Sick Pay