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
- Keep up to date with emerging threats and trends, applying relevant improvements to the business
Skills & Experience
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