Cloud Security Lead

Location: Manchester, M15 5RL

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 4 days on site – you must live within a commutable distance to our office

Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri

Salary: £65,000+ depending on experience

Please note, you must live in the United Kingdom and have the correct right to work without sponsorship to be successful.

About M247

We’re so proud of the people and team at M247; our success and growth are a real joint effort. The key to our amazing team is simple – we focus on recruiting the best person for the job. We then create opportunities and equip you with the skills you need to build a successful career.

Our vision is for M247 to be the digital growth and innovation partner of choice. Underpinned by our heritage in connectivity and unified communications (UC) and advanced by our passion for cloud and application-based innovation, we enable our customers to grow and compete in the digital era.

Every single person at M247 has a part to play in our future success, so we look forward to your application and hopefully welcoming you into our team!

The role

You will play a key role in securing M247 core services, developing vendor relationships and the inputting into the overall strategic plan for cyber security. You will work closely with the Cyber Security Product Manager, Risk and Compliance Manager, Network & Cloud COE’s and operational teams to constantly review and improve our overall value proposition.

You will lead the Cyber team and own the full lifecycle process securing M247’s internal systems and customer projects. Working alongside our pre-sales team to define the managed security service wrap for new prospects, configuring the security services as per design, fine tuning and customer transition to live. The team will be responsible for managing the security solutions in life and supporting service reviews (customer success management) with core customers.

Working at M247, you will have exposure to the latest technology and seen as a key decision maker. The role will provide a continuous learning and development opportunity for the right person to contribute to the design and delivery of our secure and robust cyber security solutions. The individual will join us on our strategic journey of moving from an ISP to MSSP.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join the business. We are looking for a candidate seeking to progress their career in cyber security and who has proven experience in a similar role to hit the ground running.

Our unicorn

Our ideal candidate would be a multi skilled, security engineer that has an MSP or enterprise background looking to develop their career. They would have a fun, outgoing personality that thrives in an inclusive, fast paced, office environment.

Being passionate about security, they love talking about new innovations, the latest threats & trends; sharing their knowledge and using it to shape what we do and how we do it. They produce quality, consistent, repeatable outcomes using automation to achieve efficiencies; striving for the best outcomes. You will have a strong security orientated background across physical, virtual & cloud environments with both hands-on experience and certifications.

Key personal skills needed:

• A leader able to mentor, inspire & challenge those around them and achieve their goals.
• A Proactive problem solver with a high attention to detail.
• Excellent written & verbal, communication, and documentation.
• Are personable, calm, professional and decisive.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to work under own initiative.
• Willingness to learn, share knowledge, and take an active part in shaping what we do.
• Can listen, question, and adapt.

Key technical skills needed:

• Experience as a technical & people leader, decision maker & implementer.
• Detailed experience in Microsoft security suites (Azure, Defender, Sentinel, Lighthouse, Graph, Secure Score etc). AWS equivalents a bonus.
• Experience in securing physical & virtualized environments server to endpoint inc. hardening, patching, monitoring, logging & alerting.
• Experience in data security posture design and implementation inc DLP, information governance, identity and access management etc.
• Working knowledge of Fortinet products - FortiGate / FortiAnalyser / FortiSoC (ideally NSE certified)
• Awareness of Cloud Native Technologies & best practices, Azure Well Architected Framework & cloud migration strategies to ensure Security by Design.
• Working knowledge/experience of performing and reviewing vulnerability & Risk assessments; penetration testing or cyber forensic analyses
• Working Knowledge/experience of EDR/ XDR / MDR strategy with associated Cyber Security Incident Response planning.
• Knowledge/working experience in managing CVE assessments.
• Knowledge/working experience in current compliance frameworks (ISO27001/2, Cyber Essentials, NIS, Telecoms Security Act, NIST etc)
• Current certification in one or more cyber security disciplines such as SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, AZ-500, CCSP, AWS security Specialty, NSE 4 or above etc

Your package and perks

In recognition of your hard work, you’ll be entitled to 25 days holiday + bank holidays with purchasing scheme available, Healthcare Cash Plan and PERKS, Company Life Assurance, 3% company Pension contribution, Enhanced Paternal Leave, Employee Assistance Programme, a challenging and learning focused work environment, plus more.

All applicants, regardless of gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, or any other factor will be treated equally and fairly in the application process.