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IT Security Architect
£70,000 - 70,000
Keystream Group Limited
Tabernacle Street 4-14, Manchester
£70,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience as a Security SME / Security Architect in complex enterprise environments
- Deep hands-on expertise with:
- Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM / SOAR)
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint & Servers
- Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (CASB)
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Strong understanding of:
- Identity-centric security models
- Zero Trust principles
- Cloud and SaaS security controls
- Security operations and detection engineering
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across the Microsoft Defender and Sentinel ecosystem
- Design, implement, and optimise security controls aligned to Microsoft best practice
- Support tuning, alerting, detection rules, and operational readiness
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior security leadership
- Contribute to security architecture decisions, patterns, and roadmaps
- Challenge existing approaches and provide pragmatic, experience-led recommendations
- Contribute to ongoing IDAM maturity improvements, including lifecycle and end-of-life considerations
- Support the realignment of security frameworks, policies, and operating models
- Work alongside third-party suppliers delivering DR runbooks and maturity assessments
- Work closely with internal technical teams to explain, demonstrate, and embed security tooling
- Communicate complex security concepts clearly to non-specialist audiences
- Help bring teams on the journey as security controls become more visible and impactful
Description
We are a large, complex UK university seeking a Security SME / Architect to support the rollout and optimisation of the Microsoft Security stack as part of our ongoing security transformation. This 18-month fixed-term contract offers a competitive salary of circa £72,000 per annum (negotiable) along with 35 days annual leave and a generous pension scheme. The role is based in North West England with a hybrid work model, requiring approximately 2 days on site per week. You will be embedded within our security function, acting as a senior technical authority across our Microsoft security tooling.
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