Senior Cyber Security Engineer

PayPoint; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to enhance their security posture. This role involves creating and implementing security measures, managing incident responses, and conducting security testing. You will work with advanced tools to detect threats while mentoring team members. The position offers a hybrid working model with opportunities for professional development and a range of attractive perks. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and eager to tackle challenges in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Holiday purchase scheme

On-site gym

Corporate gym membership

Online benefits portal

Contributory pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Electric Car Scheme

Life assurance

Dental insurance

Discounted benefits

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in cybersecurity with hands-on knowledge of various security tools.
• Strong understanding of security best practices and enterprise security platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain security content for systems, improving threat detection.
• Investigate security incidents and oversee cybersecurity incidents from start to finish.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Azure

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Tools

Defender XDR

Azure Sentinel

Cloudflare

Mimecast

Firewalls

IDS

WAF

DLP

IAM

MFA

Job description

Vacancy Name
Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Vacancy No
VN447

Employment Type
Full-Time

Business Name
PayPoint Network Ltd

Location
Welwyn Garden City

Job Details

What will you be doing
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to come join the PayPoint Group team. If you're passionate and like a challenge, then please keep reading....

You will be responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining security content such as rules, playbooks, dashboards, and reports for our security systems. This role requires a strong understanding of security best practices, and experience working with enterprise security platforms within a SOC environment. You will join the Information Security team and use your experience to provide technical guidance and mentorship to the existing team members.

You'll help keep our systems safe by setting up security alerts, improving threat detection, and automating incident response. Managing logs and ensuring our most important assets are protected will be part of your daily tasks. You'll monitor security threats, analyze patterns, and proactively hunt for risks. By using advanced tools, you'll detect unusual activities and strengthen security across our network. You'll also help manage endpoint security, check system health, and work with our infrastructure team to keep everything running smoothly.

Incident Response & Prevention
When security incidents happen, you'll investigate, assess the impact, and take action to contain threats. You'll also work on automating routine tasks to speed up our response times. From start to finish, you'll oversee cybersecurity incidents, document findings, and suggest improvements.

Security Testing & Business Support
You'll take part in cyber-attack simulations, penetration testing, and security drills to make sure our defenses are strong. You'll also help identify critical business assets and suggest ways to keep them safe.

What would we like from you?
We're looking for someone with 4-6 years of experience in cybersecurity and hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Defender XDR, Azure Sentinel, Cloudflare, and Mimecast. You should also be comfortable working with security tools like firewalls, IDS, WAF, DLP, IAM, and MFA across platforms such as Windows, Linux, VMware, and AKS. Strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and a proactive mindset are key. If you love learning and staying ahead of security threats, we want to hear from you!

What can we do for you?
The majority of this role will be remote (Hybrid) but will require some travel to our bright and modern offices in Welwyn Garden City and occasional travel to our Liverpool Love2shop office.

• Holiday purchase scheme, with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as standard.
• On-site gym at our office (Free), and nationwide corporate rate gym membership
• Online benefits portal where you can access lots of deals, discounts - for example of shopping or holidays
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Progression and Development
• Private medical insurance
• Electric Car Scheme
• Life assurance of 3 x annual gross salary, with the option to purchase additional cover
• You're also able to purchase a range of benefits at a discounted rate including, critical illness cover, bicycles via our Cycle2Work scheme, dental insurance and TasteCard dining discount card

We're committed to building a culture that empowers all our people to thrive and feel a sense of belonging at PayPoint.