Cyber Security Engineer: Threat Detection & Automation

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

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.