Title:  Cyber Security Engineer

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Cyber Security Engineer

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£50,378 - £53,029 per year

35 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cyber Security Engineer with experience of anaylsing security systems, to join our Cyber Security team which is a team of 6 people and forms part of the larger Technology Security team at our head office in Worcester.

As part of the Cyber Security team, you will safeguard corporate data and infrastructure from threats by collaborating across the Cyber organisation.

The role of Cyber Security Engineer will include:

• Offering technical expertise and analysis on security systems and architectures
• Providing guidance on network, application, cloud, and enterprise security controls and administering and configuring various security tools
• Ensuring technology systems are secure and robust, including monitoring and responding to security events
• investigating root causes, and staying updated on current trends and technologies

Skills and experiences:

• Proven experience supporting and developing cyber security in a large organisation
• CISM, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CCSP
• SC-900, SC-200, MS-100
• Significant experience in the Microsoft Security stack
• Experience in email and web hygiene technologies
• Experience investigating and managing security incidents, including SIEM

• Comprehensive experience of supporting the management of medium to large scale infrastructure related projects
• Comprehensive experience of managing incidents and problem resolution
• Proven understanding of cyber threat hunting, attack vectors, techniques, mitigation and detection
• Previous experience of managing people
• Excellent organisational, project management and planning skills

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Our Benefits   

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £37,414 with an additional policy allowance of £12,964 per annum (rising to £39,383 with an additional policy allowance of £13,646 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

View the job profile (if the link is unavailable please visit the Sanctuary careers website)   

Closing Date: 29 May 2025

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you -corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at -  www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.