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Planet Recruitment · Manchester, United Kingdom · £40,000 - 50,000 per year
Salary: £40,000 - 50,000 per year Requirements: Practical experience administering, configuring or improving Microsoft 365 security controls. Experience with Microsoft Defender capabilities, such as Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft 365 Defender, alert investigation, advanced hunting or device security improvement. Experience supporting vulnerability management, including assessing findings, prioritising remediation, tracking progress and improving secure configuration. Experience in security monitoring, alert triage, incident support or technical investigation, with the ability to act as an SME for junior colleagues. Good analytical and problem-solving skills, including investigating issues, identifying root causes and recommending practical, risk-based improvements. Confidence working with IT colleagues, project teams and suppliers to deliver secure technology change, explain technical risks clearly and support agreed remediation activity. Organised and detail-focused, with the ability to balance project delivery, BAU security activity and urgent remediation in a busy environment. Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate, Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate, CompTIA Security+, CISSP or SSCP, or equivalent practical experience. Responsibilities: Deliver technical work packages from the Cyber Security Roadmap, ensuring work is planned, implemented, tested, documented and transitioned into BAU support. Implement, configure, maintain and improve security tooling across the technology estate, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Intune, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 security and compliance features, endpoint security and vulnerability management platforms. Identify, assess and deliver practical security improvements across devices, identities, applications, productivity tools, cloud services and infrastructure. Configure and harden Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Defender in line with security best practice, risk priorities and agreed standards. Support BAU security operations by maintaining tooling, reviewing alerts, improving detections, remediating weaknesses and ensuring controls operate effectively. Work with IT teams to remediate vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses, insecure defaults and gaps identified through monitoring, assessments, audits or incident reviews. Support security incidents through technical investigation, containment, remediation and evidence gathering where required. Produce and mai