Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer – Not‐for‐Profit Sector

£59k – Permanent

Remote Working guaranteed (2 days/month in East Midlands)

6% Pension

Flexible Hours between 7am-7pm

25 days holiday, increasing with tenure. Can buy or sell 1 week AL

Lithium3 have partnered with a leading organisation in the not‐for‐profit sector who are looking for a hands‐on Cyber Security Engineer to drive major improvements across their cloud and Microsoft security landscape. This is a chance to make a real impact while working remotely like the rest of the team, with only twice‐monthly (Max) travel to the East Midlands.

The Role

You’ll be the technical security lead across cloud infrastructure, delivering secure‐by‐design solutions, improving security posture, and implementing modern Microsoft security technologies. You’ll work across infrastructure, development and operations to uplift security maturity and embed best practice.

The type of candidate we will consider?

• Cyber Security Analyst ready to step up to Engineer
• Current Cyber Security Engineer looking for sideways move
• Cyber Security Manager looking for more hands on
• An Infrastructure Engineer wanting to specialize more in Cyber Security and has a experience as a large part of your current role.

What type of Projects you’ll Work On?

• Cyber Security Accreditations: Deliver Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME Cyber Assurance.
• Data Privacy: Reduce compliance risk using Microsoft E5 Compliance tools (DLP, Data Classification, eDiscovery), Conditional Access and App Protection Policies.
• Cloud Security Posture: Identify control gaps, risk‐map cloud services and strengthen technical controls.
• Microsoft Secure Score: Implement improvements across Identity, Data, Device and App security.

What skills are required?

• Strong experience with Microsoft Intune endpoint security.
• Hands‐on work with EDR, SIEM, patching and vulnerability/penetration tooling.
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft Defender suite, DLP and data protection technologies.
• Azure AD, AADDS, Enterprise Apps and Azure governance (Policy, IAM, Conditional Access).
• Office 365 security and compliance.
• Experience improving Microsoft Secure Score and Defender 365 posture.
• Secure‐by‐design cloud architecture expertise.
• Understanding of IAM, PIM, authentication, encryption and MITRE ATT&CK.

Essential: Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Desirable: CISM, CISSP, SANS, CEH, CREST

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