IT Security Engineer Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire (Hybrid: 2 days onsite / 3 days remote) Salary: £45,000 per annum Job Type: Full-time, Permanent ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a hands-on IT Security Engineer to join a newly formed team. You will operate, monitor, and improve cyber security controls across our infrastructure, cloud services, endpoints, identity platforms, networks, and business systems. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Operations & Incident Response: Monitor security platforms, triage alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and support incident containment and remediation. • Vulnerability Management: Run vulnerability scans across servers, endpoints, networks, and cloud services, prioritize exposure, and track remediation with technical teams. • Platform, Endpoint & Network Security: Support secure configuration and hardening, patch assurance, firewall reviews, and network security controls. • Identity & Cloud Security: Manage Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, privileged-access controls, and Microsoft cloud security. • Email & Web Security: Monitor SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNS, and web-security controls. • Assurance: Support Cyber Essentials / Cyber Essentials Plus activities and provide technical security input into projects. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR • Experience: Practical experience in IT/cyber security operations, infrastructure security, or a related technical role. • Technical Skills: Hands-on experience investigating alerts, working with SIEM, endpoint security, vulnerability management, Windows endpoints/servers, networking, identity, and cloud-security fundamentals. • Desirable: M365/Entra ID experience, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, or Microsoft security certifications. BENEFITS • £45,000 per annum • Hybrid working (2 days onsite in Bradford, 3 days remote) • Joining a brand-new, growing technical team
