Cybersecurity Engineer

Cambridgeconsultantslimited; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company bonus (profit share)

Flexible working patterns

Medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Sabbatical leave

Travel insurance

Generous company pension plan

Career development and training

Free breakfast and lunch in the office

Free onsite parking

Social events

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants is seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Engineer to operate and improve security controls across our estate. You will work with the Cybersecurity team to monitor tooling, triage alerts, and coordinate remediation while collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to keep systems secure.

The role requires broad security knowledge, strong communication, and a willingness to learn across many technologies in a small, cohesive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience triaging alerts from AV/EDR tooling such as Sophos or Defender.
• Ability to assess security risk using CVEs, CVSS scoring and remediation prioritisation.
• Experience supporting security incidents and understanding the incident response lifecycle.
• Grounding in identity and access management (Active Directory, Entra ID) and core networking concepts.
• Strong teamwork, learning mindset and ability to collaborate across IT and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and operate the team's core security tooling, investigate alerts and coordinate remediation activities.
• Manage vulnerability assessment activities, including vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking and risk register maintenance.
• Support the operation of email security controls, investigating and triaging suspicious email activity.
• Review software requests, approve low-risk solutions, and conduct security assessments with stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of security monitoring, processes and operational practices.
• Support administration and improvement of identity, access management and endpoint security controls (AD, Entra ID, CA, endpoints).
• Help deliver cybersecurity awareness activities and provide practical security guidance across IT and business.
• Contribute to cloud security, identity, monitoring and data protection initiatives, informed by threats.

Skills

AV/EDR tooling

Windows event logs

Security incident response

Vulnerability management

Identity and access management

Active Directory

Entra ID

Conditional Access

Networking fundamentals

Microsoft 365 security

Tools

Sophos

Defender

Microsoft 365 Defender

Job description

Overview

The Cybersecurity Engineer is a hands-on technical role within the Cybersecurity team, responsible for the day-to-day operation, monitoring and continuous improvement of the security controls that protect Cambridge Consultants' systems, data and client work. As a small team, everyone contributes across the full breadth of the estate rather than owning a single system in isolation.

Reporting to the Head of Cybersecurity, you'll work across a wide range of security systems and tooling alongside the rest of the Cybersecurity team, while collaborating with colleagues across IT Services and other business stakeholders to keep the organisation secure. Strong teamwork and a willingness to build knowledge beyond your immediate specialism are essential, given the breadth of technologies and responsibilities covered by the team.

What you'll be doing:

• 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 maintenance of the risk register.
• Support the operation of email security controls, including investigation and triage of suspicious email activity.
• Review software requests, approving low-risk solutions and conducting more detailed security assessments where required, working with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and risks.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security monitoring, processes and operational practices.
• Support the administration and improvement of identity, access management and endpoint security controls, including Active Directory, Entra ID, Conditional Access and endpoint management technologies.
• Help deliver cybersecurity awareness activities, provide practical security guidance, and work with colleagues across IT and the business to support secure ways of working.
• Contribute to security improvement initiatives and projects across cloud security, identity, monitoring and data protection technologies, informed by emerging threats and technology risks.

What you need to succeed:

• Experience investigating and triaging alerts from AV/EDR tooling (e.g. Sophos, Defender), including analysing Windows event logs, suspicious activity, email-related threats and Microsoft 365 security alerts.
• Ability to assess and articulate security risk, including the relationship between threats, vulnerabilities and risk, with working knowledge of vulnerability management concepts such as CVEs, CVSS scoring and remediation prioritisation.
• Experience supporting security incidents, with an understanding of the incident response lifecycle, evidence handling and reporting requirements.
• Basic grounding in identity and access management (Active Directory, Entra ID, Conditional Access, SSO), Microsoft 365 security capabilities, and core networking concepts (protocols, ports, DNS, firewalls/VPN).
• A team player with a strong willingness to learn, share knowledge and support colleagues across a small team covering a broad range of systems. This role requires breadth across many areas rather than deep specialism in a single technology.
• Excellent communication skills at both technical and non-technical levels, with strong attention to detail, critical thinking and problem-solving.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy 10 more a year)
• Company bonus (profit share)
• Flexible working patterns and hybrid working
• Medical insurance and group income protection
• Employee assistance programme and mental health support group
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Travel insurance (business and leisure)
• Generous company pension plan
• Personalised career development and training plans
• Free breakfast and two-course lunch in the office every day
• Free onsite parking and we are close to public transport links
• A variety of events organised by our social committee, ranging from summer and Christmas parties to board game nights and socials at our own rooftop bar!