Cloud Security Engineer

Your new company
Hays Technology are recruiting a Cloud Security Engineer to join an exciting and growing public sector organisation based nationally. You will be reporting to the Head of Cyber Security & Infrastructure.
Your new role
In your role, you will be supporting the Head of Cyber Security overseeing and strengthening the Cyber Security estate, ensuring all incidents and Service requests are accurately prioritised and managed, whilst supporting the implementation and delivery of the Cyber Security Sub Strategy. You will be understanding, adhering, and implementing changes to ensure compliance requirements are met in relation to ISO27001, Cyber Assessment Framework, Cyber Essentials.
You will be identifying and delivering opportunities for continual improvement of the security operations function and advocating for secure IT architecture, ensuring adherence to security best practices across all technology implementations including operational processes, software development, and infrastructure management. You will be working closely with the external SOC, ensuring contract terms are regularly reviewed, assessed and optimised.

What you'll need to succeed

• Extensive understanding of Azure, Sentinel, MS Defender, Autopilot and Intune
• Success in leveraging traditional best practices such as ITIL
• Experience of identity and access management, and end user device management
• Experience of delivering against cyber security roadmaps
• Experience building threat intelligence and horizon scanning tools
• Strong communication skills
• This post requires a basic DBS to be passed

What you'll get in return
This exciting position is paying between £48,000 and £51,500 negotiable on experience and offers an excellent work life balance including: remote working, great annual leave allowance, public sector employer contribution pension scheme, flexibility, training, and development opportunities.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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