Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited

Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited

Fleet Street, London

Cyber Security Engineer

Full-Time£60,000 - 75,000 per yearanteayerUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £60,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure security
  • Practical knowledge of PIM and PAM
  • Understanding of cloud security principles including least privilege, defence in depth, and secure-by-design
  • Comfortable troubleshooting complex access, policy, and configuration issues
  • Eligible for UK Security Clearance
  • Consultancy experience is a strong advantage
  • Ability to communicate confidently with customers
  • Willingness to work across varied projects and step outside your comfort zone when required
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview is highly desirable
  • Experience with Sentinel, Defender XDR, Azure DevOps/GitHub, CNI, or other regulated environments is beneficial
  • Microsoft certifications such as AZ-500, AZ-104, SC-300, SC-400, or SC-100 are welcomed but not essential
Responsibilities:
  • Secure Azure environments across identity, governance, networking, workload protection, and monitoring
  • Work with technologies including Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics
  • Take high-level designs from security architects and turn them into detailed technical solutions
  • Produce build documentation, test plans, and operational runbooks
  • Own pieces of technical delivery on customer-facing projects
  • Solve complex security problems directly with clients
  • Collaborate closely with experienced security architects within our Architecture team
Technologies:
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • GitHub
  • Security
  • Support
  • PowerShell
  • Terraform

More:

We are a growing cybersecurity consultancy backed by a large, established parent organisation, combining the close-knit feel and variety of a specialist consultancy with the stability and opportunities of a larger group. You will join our Architecture team in a hands-on engineering role with exposure to experienced architects from day one and a genuine route into Cloud or Security Architecture as your career develops. We offer a supportive, flexible, outcome-focused culture with regular access to your manager, clear scope for progression, and a package of £60,000 to £75,000 depending on experience, plus an annual bonus/profit-share scheme. Hybrid working is genuinely flexible, with a minimum of one day per month in the London office and remote interviews throughout our simple two-stage process.

last updated 33 week of 2026

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About Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited

Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited

Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited

Fleet Street

IT

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