Security Engineer
7 days ago
Manchester
Security Engineer Location: Manchester (On-site) Salary: Up to £60,000 Overview My client is seeking a skilled Security Engineer to join their wider cybersecurity function based in Manchester. This is a fully on-site role where you’ll play a key part in safeguarding systems, ensuring compliance with security standards, and protecting both organisational and customer data. You will act as an important escalation point for security-related matters, including incident response, while supporting technical teams in maintaining a strong and compliant security posture. Key Responsibilities • Review and analyse current security measures to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, • Develop and deploy effective security solutions to reduce identified risks, • Configure and manage a range of security technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention tools, endpoint protection, device management, and monitoring platforms, • Investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, ensuring timely resolution and mitigation, • Carry out routine audits and risk assessments to maintain a strong security framework, • Monitor and maintain security controls, producing remediation strategies where necessary, • Conduct vulnerability assessments and support penetration testing activities, • Collaborate with internal IT, cloud, and global teams to maintain secure infrastructure, • Work alongside security operations teams to address threats and operational issues, • Ensure adherence to recognised standards and regulations (e.g. GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST frameworks), • Maintain and update security documentation, policies, and procedures, • Support client-facing requirements in line with contractual security obligations, • Assist with both internal and external audit processes, providing guidance to technical teams, • Produce reports on security posture, risks, and ongoing improvements for stakeholders, • Recommend and implement new tools, technologies, and best practices to enhance security capability Essential: • 3–5 years’ experience in a cybersecurity or information security role, • Solid grounding in core security concepts, frameworks, and industry best practices, • Experience across infrastructure and networking environments, both on-premise and cloud-based, • Hands-on involvement in vulnerability management and incident response, • Familiarity with security monitoring tools such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, and extended detection solutions, • Experience working with SIEM, cloud security platforms, or log management tools (e.g. CrowdStrike, Lacework or similar), • Exposure to identity and access management (IAM) implementations, • Ability to contribute effectively within a team and deliver work to agreed timelines, • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage tasks independently, • Experience with AWS environments and/or relevant certifications, • Background in security-focused roles and/or industry certifications, • Competence working with both Windows and Linux systems, including network analysis tools, • Good judgement when handling sensitive or confidential information, • Understanding of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts