Hybrid Cyber Security Engineer — Azure & Defender Specialist

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days + holidays

Pension with Aviva

Life Insurance 14x salary

Flexible benefits package

Annual salary review

Company Sick Pay

Retail discounts

Financial Wellbeing Programme

Parental leave pay

Gym membership

Dental insurance

Health cash plans

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join a Cyber Resilience function in Cardiff, hybrid working. The role focuses on hands-on security operations across a complex technology environment, including Defender, Sentinel, Azure, Entra ID, and vulnerability management.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, contribute security input to architecture decisions, and help strengthen overall cyber resilience within the organisation, supported by a broad benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Security Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Defender and Sentinel.
• Hands-on Azure and Entra ID security experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management and remediation.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and controls.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve Defender and Sentinel capabilities.
• Secure Azure environments and implement security controls.
• Manage Entra ID security including CA, Identity Protection, and PIM.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation.
• Implement data protection using Microsoft Purview.
• Support threat monitoring, detection and incident response.
• Provide security input into projects and architecture decisions.
• Support security frameworks such as CAF, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls.
• Act as security SME to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Security Engineer

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure security

Entra ID security

Vulnerability management

Threat detection

Security architectures

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join a Cyber Resilience function in Cardiff, hybrid working. The role focuses on hands-on security operations across a complex technology environment, including Defender, Sentinel, Azure, Entra ID, and vulnerability management.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, contribute security input to architecture decisions, and help strengthen overall cyber resilience within the organisation, supported by a broad benefits