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Cyber Security Engineer

TCM Partners · Manchester, Greater Manchester

Type
Full-time
Posted
9 days ago

Overview

Your incident response and investigative discipline from policing transfer directly to cyber security incident handling.

About this role

Cyber Security Engineer

Hybrid (Manchester 2 days a week)

up to 10% Annual Bonus

TCM Partners currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join our clients Global Information Security team.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work across cloud security, threat hunting and incident response, while also having the chance to develop their skills across emerging technologies.

You’ll join a Cyber Operations team of approximately 9 people, supported by an external Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) provider. The team plays a key role in protecting the organisation and responding to an evolving threat landscape.

You’ll be focused on assessing and enhancing cloud security, developing security roadmaps and providing expert guidance around secure architecture and operational best practice.

The environment is currently heavily Microsoft-focused, with exciting plans to expand into GCP and AI, giving you plenty of opportunity to broaden your technical skill set and work with new technologies.

The Role Involves

  • Cyber Security Threat hunting and proactive security investigations
  • Hands-on use of Microsoft Defender
  • Investigating, managing and resolving security incidents end-to-end
  • Working across a Windows Server environment.
  • Assessing and improving cloud security.
  • Supporting secure architecture and cyber security best practices
  • Developing your knowledge across GCP and AI security

Skills Required

They’re looking for an experienced Cyber Security professional who has:

  • Strong hands on experience within a Cyber Security Engineering environment more so than Information Security.
  • Solid threat hunting experience.
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender.
  • Have worked in a Cloud environment (Microsoft Azure or GCP).
  • Strong incident investigation and response skills
  • Experience working within a Windows environment
  • A genuine interest in cloud security and emerging technologies

Please note Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, unfortunately this opportunity won’t be suitable so please don't apply.

About cyber security & digital forensics roles for ex-police

Cyber security, digital forensics and incident-response roles. DMIs, cybercrime investigators and digital forensics officers bring evidential discipline and investigative judgement that DFIR and security teams struggle to hire.

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Why this fits a police background

  • Incident command & response
  • Investigative casework
  • Security operations

What cyber security & digital forensics roles pay ex-police

Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026

Digital forensics analyst£32,000–£45,000
DFIR consultant£45,000–£65,000
Senior forensics / IR specialist£60,000–£80,000
Threat-intelligence specialist£55,000–£80,000
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