Cyber Security & Compliance Specialist
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About the Role
Black & White Engineering seeks a Cyber Security & Compliance Specialist to lead security operations, governance, and compliance globally. You will manage SIEM, incident response, ISO 27001, and cloud security across Azure and Microsoft 365.
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Responsibilities
- Lead security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and SOC governance activities.
- Develop and optimise SIEM use cases, detection rules, alert management, and security monitoring processes.
- Manage MSSP and SOC providers, ensuring service quality, performance, and compliance with agreed SLAs.
- Develop and maintain incident response procedures and coordinate security exercises and testing activities.
- Manage identity security controls including MFA, Conditional Access, privileged access management, and identity risk monitoring.
- Strengthen security across Azure environments, endpoints, collaboration platforms, and emerging technologies.
- Implement and oversee data classification, data protection, and access control frameworks.
- Lead vulnerability management programmes including scanning, remediation, penetration testing, and threat intelligence integration.
- Maintain and continuously improve the ISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS).
- Support audits, risk assessments, policy development, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Deliver security awareness initiatives, phishing simulations, and targeted education programmes.
- Support client security reviews, due diligence activities, tender submissions, and certification requirements.
Requirements
- Experience leading security operations within a hybrid SOC environment
- Strong knowledge of SIEM platforms, particularly Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent technologies
- Expertise in threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and security monitoring
- Hands on experience with Microsoft Defender, Entra ID, Azure Security, and Data Loss Prevention technologies
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture, identity security, cloud security, and DevSecOps principles
- Working knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2, risk management frameworks, and audit processes
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners
- Experience managing third party security providers and vendor relationships
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Role Overview
- Black & White Engineering is looking for a Cyber Security & Compliance Specialist to play a key role in strengthening and advancing our global cyber security capability.
- This is an opportunity to take ownership of security operations, governance, compliance, and cyber resilience within a growing international engineering consultancy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and SOC governance activities.
- Develop and optimise SIEM use cases, detection rules, alert management, and security monitoring processes.
- Manage MSSP and SOC providers, ensuring service quality, performance, and compliance with agreed SLAs.
- Develop and maintain incident response procedures and coordinate security exercises and testing activities.
- Manage identity security controls including MFA, Conditional Access, privileged access management, and identity risk monitoring.
- Strengthen security across Azure environments, endpoints, collaboration platforms, and emerging technologies.
- Implement and oversee data classification, data protection, and access control frameworks.
- Lead vulnerability management programmes including scanning, remediation, penetration testing, and threat intelligence integration.
- Monitor security posture and emerging cyber threats across the organisation.
- Maintain and continuously improve the ISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS).
- Support audits, risk assessments, policy development, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Deliver security awareness initiatives, phishing simulations, and targeted education programmes.
What we're looking for
- Experience leading security operations within a hybrid SOC environment.
- Strong knowledge of SIEM platforms, particularly Microsoft Sentinel or equivalent technologies.
- Expertise in threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and security monitoring.
- Hands on experience with Microsoft Defender, Entra ID, Azure Security, and Data Loss Prevention technologies.
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture, identity security, cloud security, and DevSecOps principles.
- Working knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2, risk management frameworks, and audit processes.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, senior stakeholders, clients, and external partners.
- Experience managing third party security providers and vendor relationships.
About Black & White Engineering
- Black & White Engineering is a leading multi award winning engineering consultancy specialising in mission critical infrastructure and data centre design.
- With offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, we deliver innovative engineering solutions for some of the world's most demanding and technically complex projects.
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