Cyber Security Engineer

Business Unit: Technology Operations & Cyber Security (TOCS), COO
Salary range: £40,800 to £51,000 per annum DOE
Location: Hybrid with occasional travel to a UK Virgin Money Hub location when required
Contract type
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Permanent – Full Time

The Security Engineering team is part of Technical Operations and Cyber Security within Virgin Money and we maintain the Bank’s Security tools & applications. Our aim of Security Engineering is to cultivate unwavering trust in our products and services by engineering resilient security solutions that protect our users and customers from evolving threats. We strive to be the invisible shield, working tirelessly to ensure their data and digital experiences remain safe, secure, and uninterrupted.

By joining our team, you will become a vital part of this mission, contributing your unique skills and perspectives to building a safer digital future.

• Proactively use security engineering tools to identify and mitigate security risks based on an in-depth understanding of network protocols, endpoint security and vulnerabilities.
• Develop and implement security measures using specialised tools based on Cyber security best practices.
• Working alongside project teams and other stakeholders to ensure solutions meet the strategic needs of Virgin Money.
• Helping to design, roll out and manage Microsoft Security technologies, with a particular focus on Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Servers and Purview products.
• Support and build endpoint & server security capabilities, including deciding on the granularities of controls from a threat-led perspective (e.g., application level, environment level, network level, network policies, mapping attack paths, and building mitigations).
• Contribute significantly to team culture and the ongoing evolution of security engineering practices.
• Implement automation to remove repetitive manual tasks.

• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Security technologies. For example, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Servers and Defender XDR, Purview, including deployment, policy configuration, and incident response workflows.
• Familiarity with deploying Infrastructure as Code and using CI/CD technologies, such as Azure Dev Ops.
• Hands‑on experience implementing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Servers in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Hands‑on experience implementing and managing Microsoft Purview & DLP technologies.
• Previous experience working with security best practices – e.g. Zero trust, defence in depth, least privilege, security hardening, network security and compliance.
• Experience in applying zero‑trust principles to secure large‑scale IT infrastructures, demonstrated by successful deployments within a corporate setting.

• Experience as a Cyber Security Engineer, Cyber Security Analyst with an interest in becoming a Cyber Security Engineer.
• Experience with Terraform, Python, Java script/Node.js, Power Shell or Bash
• Knowledge of infrastructure and application monitoring, such as Icinga, Elastic Stack or Dynatrace.
• Endpoint Security certifications (especially Microsoft centric) would be advantageous.
• Proven ability to design and deploy endpoint/server security & compliance solutions.

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance‑related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.

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