Cyber Security Engineer

Company: Advania UK
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will strengthen client security postures by delivering detection, response, scanning, and monitoring services across a diverse customer base. You will work within a multi-disciplinary security team to operationalize security tooling, drive incident containment and remediation, and contribute to AI-driven threat detection. The position combines hands-on security engineering with collaboration across stakeholders to maintain high levels of security maturity. This is a chance to shape security operations at scale in a hybrid, client-focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

  • hybrid working
  • remote and flexible working

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate within a multi-disciplined security team to deliver proactive and reactive security tasks
  • Serve as technical escalation point for complex security events and incidents using structured problem-solving
  • Contain and remediate potential and actual malicious incidents across our customer base
  • Build and maintain scalable security tooling and integrations using DevOps practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code)
  • Contribute to operationalization of AI-driven capabilities to enhance threat detection and response
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve security incidents and ensure vulnerability compliance
  • Strive for customer satisfaction while improving operational performance
  • Maintain up-to-date understanding of threat landscape, including threat actors, TTPs, and vulnerabilities

Key requirements

  • Excellent soft skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and written/verbal communication
  • Proactive self-starter with proven customer service skills
  • Experience in designing, building, and optimizing security tools and platforms
  • Strong knowledge of security, network, and infrastructure technologies
  • Proven ability in automation development using modern DevOps practices to enhance security operations
  • Understanding of social engineering tactics, phishing, and physical security measures
  • Experience with secured cloud architectures (Azure, AWS) and tools such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel
  • Microsoft accreditations (AZ-900, MS-900, SC-100) preferred; certifications in AI/ML operations desirable
  • teamwork
  • problem-solving
  • communication (written and verbal)
  • security tooling and platforms
  • DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC)
  • automation development

Posted: September 14th, 2026