Cyber Security Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by Panoramic Associates
£450 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Cyber Security Engineer involves providing interim support to an education provider in the UK, focusing on enhancing the security posture across multi-site educational environments. The position requires expertise in safeguarding, compliance, and operational challenges specific to the education sector. The engineer will lead various cyber-security initiatives to ensure stability and risk reduction during a transformation period. Experience within the education sector is essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading trust-wide cyber-security monitoring, incident response and vulnerability management
- Strengthening identity, endpoint, cloud and network security controls (MFA, EDR, SIEM, firewalls, O365 security)
- Conducting risk assessments, audits and compliance checks aligned to safeguarding and data-protection standards
- Enhancing cyber-security policies, procedures and training across staff and stakeholders
- Supporting IT teams across multiple sites to ensure secure operations and minimise service disruption
Key Skills:
- Experience in cyber security within the education sector
- Strong background in safeguarding and compliance
- Proficiency in cyber-security monitoring and incident response
- Knowledge of security controls such as MFA, EDR, SIEM, firewalls, and O365 security
- Ability to conduct risk assessments and audits
- Experience in enhancing security policies and training
Salary (Rate): £450 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cyber Security Engineer | 6 Months | Outside IR35 £450+ pd (DOE) | Hybrid - UK (Education Sector)
Are you an experienced Cyber Security professional with a strong background working within schools, colleges, or multi-academy trusts ? I'm currently supporting an education provider seeking an interim Senior Cyber Security Engineer to strengthen their trust-wide security posture during a period of transformation. This role requires someone who understands the unique safeguarding, compliance and operational challenges across multi-site education environments and can deliver immediate stability and risk reduction.
Typical Contract Responsibilities:
- Leading trust-wide cyber-security monitoring, incident response and vulnerability management
- Strengthening identity, endpoint, cloud and network security controls (MFA, EDR, SIEM, firewalls, O365 security)
- Conducting risk assessments, audits and compliance checks aligned to safeguarding and data-protection standards
- Enhancing cyber-security policies, procedures and training across staff and stakeholders
- Supporting IT teams across multiple sites to ensure secure operations and minimise service disruption
If you're an interim Cyber Security specialist with proven education-sector experience and availability for new assignments, I'd love to connect. Please note: experience within the education sector is essential for this position.