Cybersecurity Engineer - Hybrid Work & Career Growth

Cambridge Consultants; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave plus bank

Profit share bonus

Hybrid working patterns

Medical insurance

Employee assistance program

Enhanced parental leave

Pension plan

Free meals in office

Onsite parking and close public links

Social events & rooftop bar

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Engineer to operate and improve security controls across the estate. You’ll monitor security tooling, investigate alerts and coordinate remediation with a small team and cross-functional IT peers.

You’ll triage vulnerabilities, support email security, review software requests for risk, and help advance cloud security, IAM, monitoring and data protection initiatives. Strong communication and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience investigating and triaging alerts from AV/EDR tooling (e.g. Sophos, Defender) including Windows event logs, suspicious activity and email threats.
• Ability to assess security risk, including threats, vulnerabilities and risk, with knowledge of CVEs, CVSS and remediation prioritisation.
• Experience supporting security incidents and understanding the incident response lifecycle, evidence handling and reporting.
• Grounding in identity and access management (Active Directory, Entra ID, Conditional Access, SSO) and networking concepts.
• Team player with breadth across many areas rather than deep single-technology focus, and strong written/verbal communication.
• Excellent communication skills at both technical and non-technical levels, with attention to detail and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and operate the team's core security tooling, investigating alerts and coordinating remediation activities.
• Manage vulnerability assessment activities, including vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking and risk register maintenance.
• Support operation of email security controls, including investigation and triage of suspicious email activity.
• Review software requests, approving low-risk solutions and conducting security assessments with stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of security monitoring, processes and operational practices.
• Assist with administration and improvement of identity, access management and endpoint security controls (Active Directory, Entra ID, Conditional Access, endpoint management).
• Help deliver cybersecurity awareness activities and provide practical security guidance across IT and business units.
• Contribute to security improvement initiatives across cloud security, identity, monitoring and data protection technologies.

Skills

AV/EDR tooling

Windows event logs

Threat detection

Security risk assessment

Incident response

Identity & Access Management

Active Directory

Entra ID

Conditional Access

Networking basics

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft 365 Security

Job description

Cambridge Consultants is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Engineer to operate and improve security controls across the estate. You’ll monitor security tooling, investigate alerts and coordinate remediation with a small team and cross-functional IT peers.

You’ll triage vulnerabilities, support email security, review software requests for risk, and help advance cloud security, IAM, monitoring and data protection initiatives. Strong communication and teamwork are essential.