Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

Birmingham Hybrid – Competitive Salary

VIQU is working with a leading global professional services organisation to recruit a Cyber Security Engineer to join their Security Operations team. This role will focus on the hands‑on implementation, maintenance, and optimisation of security tooling and controls across a complex enterprise environment, alongside contributing to security governance, compliance, and best practice delivery. You will play a key role in strengthening detection and response capability across cloud and on‑prem infrastructure, while supporting both BAU operations and ongoing transformation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain security tooling (SIEM, EDR, DLP, vulnerability management, PAM) across cloud and on‑prem environments
• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security incidents, including root cause analysis and forensic support
• Manage vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking across infrastructure and cloud (Azure desirable)
• Support secure configuration, security best practices, and alignment to ISO27001 and NIST
• Contribute to security documentation (policies, SOPs, playbooks) and continuous improvement of controls
• Support BAU operations, projects, and penetration testing activities as required

Key Requirements

• Experience in a Cyber Security Engineer, SecOps, or similar hands‑on security role
• Strong experience with enterprise security tooling including SIEM, EDR, DLP, and vulnerability management platforms
• Familiarity with tools such as CrowdStrike, Absolute, Sumo Logic, and Rapid7 (or similar technologies)
• Experience supporting cloud environments, ideally Azure, within a security operations context
• Strong understanding of security frameworks such as ISO27001 and NIST
• Experience across both BAU security operations and project delivery
• Strong incident response experience, including investigation, escalation, and root cause analysis
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation (SOPs, playbooks, and standards)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non‑technical teams
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with multiple priorities

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