Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer

Arden University; Coventry; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This remote role focuses on implementing cyber security measures, monitoring incidents, and ensuring IT infrastructure security. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in security technologies, incident response, and a recognized certification in information security. Join a passionate team that values accessibility in education and offers competitive benefits including generous holidays.

Benefits

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Aviva pension plan

Private Medical Insurance

Study any Arden course for free

Access to Perkbox benefits

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience in applying cyber security technologies.
• Hands-on experience managing MS Sentinel and MS Defender.
• Strong IT skills including hardware, software, networking, and cloud.

Responsibilities

• Implement new cyber security controls into the University's infrastructure.
• Investigate and report attempted and actual breaches.
• Compile reports and data for incident management.

Skills

Cyber security protection and detection technologies

MS Sentinel

MS Defender

Incident detection

Incident response

Forensics

Security protocols and principles

Firewalls

VPN

Cloud services

Education

Recognized information security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+)

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

Job description

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Employment type:6 MonthFixed Term Contract

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Senior Information Security Engineer

Department: IT

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This role operates primarily on a remote working arrangement that will require little to no travel into our Coventry office or various campuses. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.

About Arden University

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department

The Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer sits within the Information Security Team as part of the wider IT Department. This team is crucial in ensuring that the security of all Arden information is world class and ensures that projects can be delivered and the right solutions can be found so that our employees and students can work effectively.

Our IT team is made up of around 60 employees with a vast range of skills from Software Development to IT Operations and IT Security. Our IT Department values employee development and we have lots of great examples of employee progression and promotions within the team.

About the Opportunity

We are currently recruiting a Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer to join our expanding Cyber Security team. Are you looking for the next step in your information security career? If so, our Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer role could be for you!

As our new Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a member of the Information Security Team and responsible for actively implementing new cyber security controls into the University’s infrastructure; investigating and reporting on attempted and actual breaches; compiling reports and data for incidents as they occur and throughout the incident management process. The role is key in enhancing security measures, improving performance and ensuring end-user satisfaction within Arden University’s IT Infrastructure.

Essential

• Significant Practical experience in applying cyber security protection and detection technologies.
• Significant hands‑on experience in monitoring, managing and updating MS Sentinel, MS Defender and working with SOC engineers.
• Strong IT skills and knowledge including hardware, software, networking infrastructure and cloud services.
• Significant work experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics.
• Expert knowledge of the following.
• Technical aspects of security architecture, including the operation and management of security tools and systems.
• Skills in applying current and emerging technologies to meet operational needs.
• Security protocols and principles.
• Security systems including anti‑virus applications, content filtering, authentication systems, and device encryption.
• Security technologies related to Firewalls, Endpoint Protection (EDR, XDR), DNS, VPN, MFA, DDOS mitigation technologies, networking wired and wireless technologies (such as Cisco Meraki).

Desirable

• Recognised information security certification e.g. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), CompTIA Security+.
• Experience of Dev/Ops practices including automation, CI & CD Pipelines (e.g. Jenkins).
• Experience of AWS, especially EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Cloudfront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch.

Why Arden

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on‑top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• SimplyHealth plan option
• Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
• Plus, other excellent benefits
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education

Our Values

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date

December 15th

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.