SysGroup plc
Senior Cyber Security Engineer (CyberArk & PAM)
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The Role
SysGroup is hiring a Senior Cyber Security Engineer specialising in privileged access management, with CyberArk as the core platform. This is the senior tooling and identity specialist role in the Cyber Security team under our 2026 operating model: you own the design, deployment and health of the security tooling estate across our managed clients, with PAM as your deepest expertise.
Beyond CyberArk, the role carries breadth across the modern security stack: hands-on experience with Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) and working capability across EDR, SIEM, vulnerability management and the wider cyber product set we operate for clients.
You will report to the Cyber Operations Lead and work closely with the SOC engineers, the Pre-sales Security Consultant and the Platform & Infrastructure teams.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
CyberArk & privileged access management
- Own CyberArk design, deployment and operation across managed clients: vaulting, session management, secrets management and privileged threat analytics.
- Design PAM onboarding programmes for new clients: discovery, scoping, policy design and rollout.
- Integrate PAM with the wider identity stack: Entra ID, conditional access, MFA and just-in-time access patterns.
- Set privileged access standards and evidence them for client audits (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus).
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Security tooling & engineering
- Deploy, configure and maintain the security tooling estate: EDR, SIEM integrations, vulnerability scanning and email security.
- Support Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) deployment and policy work alongside the zero trust leads.
- Own tooling health: version currency, coverage gaps, tuning quality and integration reliability.
- Automate deployment and operational tasks with scripts and APIs; contribute to the shared automation library.
Service & quality
- Act as senior escalation for identity and tooling incidents; support major incident response.
- Document designs, runbooks and standards to a level the wider team can operate from.
- Contribute tooling and PAM expertise to service reviews and solution scoping when needed.
- Adopt AI-assisted workflows for diagnostics, configuration review and documentation.
Experience
- 5+ years in security engineering with 2+ years of hands-on CyberArk design and administration (PAM Self-Hosted or Privilege Cloud).
- Experience deploying or operating Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) and at least two of: EDR platforms, SIEM, vulnerability management, email security.
- Strong scripting capability (PowerShell or Python) applied to security tooling automation and integration.
- MSP/MSSP or multi-client environment experience preferred; client audit exposure an advantage.
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Certifications
- Essential (or equivalent hands-on experience): CyberArk Defender certification; CyberArk Sentry strongly preferred.
- Desirable: CyberArk Guardian, Zscaler professional-level certification (ZIA/ZPA), Microsoft SC-300, SC-200, AZ-500, or EDR vendor certifications.
Benefits
Why Join Us?
Joining SysGroup means becoming part of a dynamic and innovative team that is dedicated to excellence. We offer a supportive, and collaborative work environment, where your ideas and contributions are valued. Here are some of the benefits of working with us:
Competitive Compensation
- We offer a competitive salary package, including performance-based incentives, to reward your hard work and achievements.
- Private Healthcare
- Life insurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Pension
Growth Opportunities
- We believe in investing in our employees' professional development. You will have your own individual development learning paths with access to various training material and ongoing career advancement opportunities.
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