Technology Engineer - Remote-Hybrid (frequent travel to South-West England may be required)

PointWire Limited; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm specializing in cyber security is seeking a Technology Engineer to play a key role in Cyber Defence and Engineering. You will implement security tools and collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage compliance with UK regulations. The ideal candidate will have relevant certifications and experience with endpoint management and network security. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits including flexible working.

Benefits

Private Axa Health Care Insurance

Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

Discretionary Company Car Scheme

Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Experience managing Microsoft Windows workstations and server environments.
• Experience with endpoint management tools like MECM/SCCM, Intune, Tanium.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and security principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve Level 1, 2, and 3 service desk tickets.
• Provide effective technical support across systems and applications.
• Engage effectively with colleagues, users, clients, and partners.

Skills

Problem-solving

Curiosity

Attention to detail

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g. A+, Network+, Security+)

Tools

Tanium

CrowdStrike

PRTG

Zscaler

Job description

Our Technology Engineers play a key role in Cyber Defence and Engineering, focusing on the deployment, management and enhancement of security platforms, tools and controls across our clients and internal operations at PointWire. Your responsibilities will include implementing and fine-tuning security tools to protect sensitive data, mitigate threats and safeguard our clients’ assets, systems, networks, and users.

Collaborating with cross-function teams including cybersecurity, IT, engineering, architects, and analysts to integrate and manage security technologies, you will integrate and manage security technologies ensuring compliance with UK regulations such as GDPR, NCSC Guidelines, industry best practices (ISO27001, CISSP) and contractual security obligations.

Reporting to an Expert of Technology, you will be part of a team delivering technical work packages, leveraging in-depth yet broad expertise across the following areas: Endpoint Management, Endpoint & Network Detection and Response Tools, Technical Compliance Applications, Defence Technologies, Change Request Management and Security Automation, with a strong passion for Security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Service Desk Support - Manage and resolve Level 1, 2, and 3 Service Desk tickets independently with minimal support.
• Technical Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution – Provide effective technical support across systems and applications, ensuring issues are identified, logged and resolved effectively.
• Enterprise OS Support – Demonstrate a solid understanding of at-least one enterprise-level operating system (e.g. Windows, Linux, MacOS).
• Endpoint, Network Management, and Security – Develop expertise in PointWire’s preferred tooling, providing our clients effective endpoint management, security, and compliance with industry best practices.
• Contribute to Internal Initiatives – Participate in projects, process improvements and technical enhancements with the team.
• Documentation & Knowledge Management – Create, Review and maintain documentation for systems, configurations, processes and procedures.
• Collaboration & Communication – Engage effectively with colleagues, users, clients and partners through clear oral and written communication.

About you - Skills & Attributes:

• Judgement & Systematic Approach – Demonstrate logical problem-solving and decision-making.
• Hacker Mindset – Curiosity, willingness to understand how things work, how to break them and fix them.
• Learning & Development – Take initiative for self-improvement and continuous learning (we love a home lab!)
• Attention to detail – Ensure accuracy and clarity in documentation and work tasks.

Education, Certifications & Technical Expertise – For this role we are looking for someone who has:

• Certifications & Tools – Relevant certifications (e.g. A+, Network+, Security+) are highly desirable, with additional advantage for Tanium, Corelight, Titania (Nipper), and CrowdStrike (including Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon). Experience or certifications in tools such as Mimecast, Zscaler, Tenable, Sophos, Rapid7 are also beneficial.
• Systems & Endpoint Management – Proven experience managing and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Workstations & Server Environments, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Group Policy. Hands on experience with endpoint management tools like MECM/SCCM, Intune, Tanium or Management is advantageous.
• Network & Security – Strong understanding of network protocols, firewall management and security principles. Experience with security monitoring tools such as PRTG, Nagios and backup solutions like Veeam is beneficial, as with SIEM & SOAR technologies such as Elastic, Splunk, Phantom
• Virtualisation & Automation – Knowledge of virtualisation technologies like VMWare, Terraform, Hyper‑V, and Proxmox, along with experience in PowerShell, Python, Ansible and other automation languages.
• IT Frameworks & Best Practices – Familiarity with ITIL Principles and fundamental business operations.

Salary & Benefits

This role offers a competitive salary between £35,000 – 60,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, along with opportunities for professional development and career growth. After successful completion of your probationary period, you will also receive:

• Private Axa Health Care Insurance
• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
• Discretionary Company Car Scheme
• Flexible Working

About PointWire:

PointWire delivers cyber security managed services and solutions to various organisations in both the private and public sector. Since our establishment in 2019, we have partnered with several leading software providers in the cyber security space including Corelight, Crowdstrike, Deep Instinct, Microsoft, Titania, and Tanium. Our clients range from 100s to 100,000s of employees and devices; with our services helping to augment the capabilities of in‑house security and operation teams enabling automation to improve effectiveness.

Who you should be:

It feels like every company asks for the same things nowadays and so the following will look familiar from most other ads you have already seen! Our team drew up the values they want to see from new people coming in.

The PointWire values are:

• Passion - Love. Respect.
• Outstanding - Be memorable. Be prepared to stand out to our customers and partners.
• Integrity - Even if the truth is tough, always lead by example and maintain honesty.
• Nobility - As the definition goes: "having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles."
• Teamwork - Collaborate, laugh, fail, and succeed with your colleagues. Be there during the good times and the tough times.
• Wholesome - From your core, be a rounded individual. Embrace diversity. Protect the environment.
• Integrity - Yes; it is so important it appears twice.
• Resilience - Own your mistakes but bounce back from them and grow stronger.
• Energy - Start every day with the enthusiasm of your first.

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Our final comment you need to bear in mind as you do though is that we do not mind that you might not have all the skills described in this job advert out of the gate. That is not important. We can teach you skills and support you to get the knowledge to do the role, but you need to bring the attitude, enthusiasm, and commitment to want to be here and to be part of making PointWire a success.

Please note, this role may be a Remote-Hybrid role. Frequent expensed travel to the South-West of England may also be required.

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