Burman Recruitment
Cyber Security Engineer
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🚨 Cyber Security Engineer – Contract Opportunity 🚨
📍 Hybrid (3 days onsite) | Higher Education | Full-time Contract
We are currently partnering with a leading Higher Education organisation to recruit an experienced Cyber Security Engineer. This is an exciting contract opportunity to play a key role in strengthening and advancing security capabilities within a complex, large-scale enterprise environment.
🔍 The Role As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will work across multiple security initiatives, focusing on improving the organisation’s security posture through modern tooling, automation, and best practice frameworks. You will collaborate closely with IT and security teams to deliver impactful improvements across detection, response, and preventative controls.
🛠️ Key Responsibilities Strengthen and enhance existing security controls, introducing automation where possible Optimise and manage security platforms, including: SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) Vulnerability Management tools Improve threat detection and incident response capabilities, including development and refinement of playbooks Enhance security across Azure and Microsoft 365 environments, ensuring robust cloud security practices Identify gaps and implement improvements aligned to industry standards and best practices Produce clear, high-quality technical documentation and lead knowledge transfer sessions to internal teams Support the long-term uplift of internal security capability
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✅ Key Requirements Proven experience in a Cyber Security Engineer or similar role within a complex enterprise environment Strong hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms Solid understanding of cloud security, particularly within Azure and Microsoft 365 Experience improving security monitoring, detection, and response processes Ability to drive automation in security operations Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills Experience in Higher Education or similarly complex sectors is advantageous
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🌟 Why Apply? Opportunity to work on diverse, impactful security projects Play a key role in shaping and embedding security best practices Collaborative environment within a respected organisation Hybrid working model offering flexibility
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