Security Engineer Contractor – Immediate Start Remote with occasional on-site (if required)
£430 - £500 Per Day OUTSIDE IR35
We’re supporting a consultancy on an urgent Security Engineering engagement for one of their key customers. This is a hands-on, generalist role supporting a Transformation programme - ideal for someone who enjoys variety and getting stuck in. There’s also strong potential for further work across other customers following this initial engagement.
The scope includes:
Supporting a dev team moving from Azure DevOps to GitHub
Implementing API Manager and software inventory allowlisting
Investigating and remediating unrestricted 365 add-ins
Leading and supporting forensic investigations (mail bombs, data exfiltration etc.)
Handling a variety of incident response tasks
Responding to ad hoc requests from the Transformation team
Transferring knowledge to the internal team and maintaining security standards
What we’re looking for:
Broad security engineering experience across cloud and Microsoft environments
Strong incident response and forensic investigation skills
Able to lead investigations, deliver independently, and pick things up quickly
Familiarity with Microsoft’s security stack (Defender, Sentinel, Purview etc.) is a bonus