Senior Security Engineer

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Technical Cyber Security Engineer / Architect (Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender)

£80,000 + Benefits

2 days per week on-site | London or Manchester

SC Clearance required – ESSENTIAL


A large national organisation is seeking a Technical Cyber Security Engineer / Architect (Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender) to join its Cyber and Infrastructure team, supporting the SOC (Security Operations Centre), permanently. This is a key role focused on strengthening cyber resilience across enterprise technology, helping to identify, defend against, and recover from evolving threats across cloud, network, and end-user environments.


The role

You will work closely with security, infrastructure, and architecture teams to design and improve secure technology environments, support incident response, and help drive a security-by-design approach across the wider estate. This role will suit someone with strong experience across Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender, alongside broader cyber architecture, engineering, and security operations capability.


Key areas of focus

  • Secure architecture across enterprise networks, cloud, and end-user environments
  • Hands-on work with Microsoft Sentinel, M365 Defender, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, and Conditional Access
  • Supporting the SOC with incident response, vulnerability remediation and escalation
  • Automating repeatable security tasks and improving operational efficiency
  • Supporting compliance requirements, including PCI-DSS
  • Acting as a senior point of support within the team, including during the principal’s absence

What is needed

  • Strong experience in Azure security and cyber architecture
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender (Entra ID is desirable)
  • Experience across network security, cloud security and incident response
  • Strong understanding of security operations, vulnerabilities and remediation
  • SC Clearance is essential
  • Relevant certifications such as SC-100, SC-200, CISSP, CEH and CCNA are highly desirable

Package

  • £80,000k
  • Excellent benefits
  • 2 days per week on-site in London or Manchester
  • Participation in an on-call rota for out-of-hours incident response

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Technical Cyber Security Engineer / Architect (Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender)

£80,000 + Benefits

2 days per week on-site | London or Manchester

SC Clearance required – ESSENTIAL

A large national organisation is seeking a Technical Cyber Security Engineer / Architect (Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender) to join its Cyber and Infrastructure team, supporting the SOC (Security Operations Centre), permanently. This is a key role focused on strengthening cyber resilience across enterprise technology, helping to identify, defend against, and recover from evolving threats across cloud, network, and end-user environments.

The role

You will work closely with security, infrastructure, and architecture teams to design and improve secure technology environments, support incident response, and help drive a security-by-design approach across the wider estate. This role will suit someone with strong experience across Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender, alongside broader cyber architecture, engineering, and security operations capability.

Key areas of focus

  • Secure architecture across enterprise networks, cloud, and end-user environments
  • Hands-on work with Microsoft Sentinel, M365 Defender, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, and Conditional Access
  • Supporting the SOC with incident response, vulnerability remediation and escalation
  • Automating repeatable security tasks and improving operational efficiency
  • Supporting compliance requirements, including PCI-DSS
  • Acting as a senior point of support within the team, including during the principal’s absence

What is needed

  • Strong experience in Azure security and cyber architecture
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel & M365 Defender (Entra ID is desirable)
  • Experience across network security, cloud security and incident response
  • Strong understanding of security operations, vulnerabilities and remediation
  • SC Clearance is essential
  • Relevant certifications such as SC-100, SC-200, CISSP, CEH and CCNA are highly desirable

Package

  • £80,000k
  • Excellent benefits
  • 2 days per week on-site in London or Manchester
  • Participation in an on-call rota for out-of-hours incident response

Posted: May 21st, 2026