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Cyber Security Operations Engineer
£40,000 - 50,000
UniHomes
New Era Square 9, Sheffield
£40,000 - 50,000
Requirements
Must:
- SC-900 Compliance & Identity Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified Associate-level certifications in SC-300/200/400/500
- Strong experience in identity security (Entra ID / Azure AD)
- Good understanding of IAM principles: RBAC, least privilege, Conditional Access, MFA
- Experience with security operations, logging, and incident handling
- Understanding of DLP or data governance tooling
- Familiarity with Cyber Essentials, ISO27001, PCI DSS, or similar frameworks
- Exposure to SIEM/SOC tools and detection tuning
- Hands-on experience with EDR/AV platforms and device security
- Familiarity with automating security tasks using PowerShell, Python, or similar
- Experience managing SaaS applications, user access, and configuration drift
- Understanding of cloud security fundamentals (AWS or Azure)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Proactive mindset with a desire to continuously improve security posture
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts (Desirable)
- Basic knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) and container security (Desirable)
- Experience supporting or participating in audits (Desirable)
Responsibilities
- Own identity security across Entra ID and SaaS platforms
- Implement and maintain access policies aligned to best practice
- Automate Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) processes where possible
- Conduct monthly access reviews for critical systems and automate reporting
- Enforce least privilege, role-based access, and credential hygiene across all environments
- Maintain an inventory of all SaaS applications, users, and access patterns
- Manage endpoint security tools (AV/EDR) and ensure full device coverage and compliance
- Monitor and enhance logging, alerting, and detection pipelines across cloud and SaaS systems
- Work with our SOC partner on investigations, tuning, alert health, and visibility gaps
- Perform vulnerability management across identities, devices, and cloud workloads
- Integrate relevant CTI insights and attacker TTPs into detection and response workflows
- Conduct targeted threat hunts using IOCs, behavioural patterns, and identity anomalies
- Improve detections based on real-world threats relevant to UniHomes
- Contribute to incident response planning and participate in post-incident reviews
- Pro-active PEN testing and ownership of PEN test reporting
- Support audit readiness by producing evidence of controls and maintaining documentation
- Improve security processes, playbooks, and automation across IAM, SaaS, cloud, and endpoints
- Clearly communicate security status, risks, and improvements across teams
- Work with platform engineers to ensure workloads follow secure configuration principles
- Provide guidance on IAM, network access, logging, and hardening for AWS services
- Support platform initiatives (e.g., observability, configuration standards, resilience) where security input is required
Description
At UniHomes, were on a mission to transform the entire student rental experience across the UK. As the market-leading student accommodation advertising platform and utility management service provider, we make finding and securing all-inclusive student accommodation simple, seamless, and stress-free. Our innovative technology supports the entire student rental journey, continually evolving and enhancing our products and services to exceed expectations. With a team of over 140 based in Sheffield City Centre, we focus on collaboration, creativity, and growth. We are proud to offer a great workplace culture, competitive benefits, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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