Senior Cyber Security Engineer

The OpportunityWe are working with a large public sector organisation in the North East to recruit a Senior Cyber Security Engineer into a small but growing cyber security team. This is a hands-on technical role, created to strengthen engineering capability, reduce single-person dependency and support a significant programme of security improvement across the organisation.This role is ideal for a practitioner who enjoys configuring, building and improving security controls, rather than a purely analytical or governance-led position.They operate a hybrid working pattern where you would be expected to be in the office 3 days a week. Our client doesn''t sponsor visas so candidates will require a permanent right to work in the UK.The RoleReporting into the Cyber Security Manager, you will play a key role in the day-to-day engineering and ongoing development of the organisation''s cyber security controls. The focus is firmly on technical delivery, working closely with infrastructure, networking and a managed SOC provider.Key areas of responsibility include:Engineering, configuration and ongoing management of a large firewall estateWorking extensively with next-generation firewallsFirewall policies, VPN configuration and firewall lifecycle managementTechnical implementation and configuration of Microsoft 365 E5 security tooling, including: Microsoft Defender (endpoint, identity, cloud)DLP and Purview policy implementation Acting as the internal engineering counterpart to a managed ..... full job details .....