Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Lead Cyber Security Engineer – Microsoft MSSP Remote Paying up to £80,000, depending on experience

One of the UK's fastest growing Microsoft MSSP's is seeking a Security Engineering Lead to guide a high‑performing team and play a pivotal role in shaping the organisation’s security services. It's a fantastic grow opportunity, offering a balanced blend of leadership and technical influence, with a roughly 50/50 split between people management and hands‑on involvement.

The successful candidate will manage a team of five specialists across Sec Dev Ops  and Security Engineering, ensuring they are supported, motivated, and delivering consistently strong outcomes.

While the role is not fully hands‑on, it requires someone with the technical depth to step in when needed, provide architectural direction, and bring credibility to client engagements and bid activity.

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a mixed team of Sec Dev Ops  and Security Engineering professionals
• Acting as the senior escalation point for complex technical challenges
• Providing architectural guidance and ensuring best practice across the Microsoft security stack
• Supporting pre‑sales efforts, contributing to bid responses, and representing the security function in client discussions
• Driving continuous improvement across tooling, processes, and delivery standards
• Ensuring the team remains aligned with evolving Microsoft security capabilities and industry trends

• Proven leadership experience within a security engineering team, MSP / MSSP or SOC environment
• Strong technical grounding in the Microsoft Security ecosystem, ideally including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and KQL
• Experience configuring connectors, setting up data ingestion and tuning detection rules.
• Experience with Google Chronical or other SOAR platforms.
• Ability to balance people management with hands‑on technical credibility
• Experience with in an MSSP or consultancy environment is highly advantageous
• Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• A collaborative, proactive approach with a passion for developing high‑performing teams