Cyber Security Engineer

Northern Gas • TRAFFIC • Tyne And Wear, Sunderland, United Kingdom • £45,000 / * • 1d ago

Cyber Security EngineerSalary from £45,000Up to 10% bonus40 Hours Per Week Doxford Park, Sunderland - Hybrid Working

At Northern Gas Networks (NGN), we're on a mission to keep our networks, systems, and people secure in an increasingly complex digital world. To help us stay ahead of evolving threats, we are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer who is passionate about protecting critical infrastructure, building resilience, and raising security awareness across the business.

This goes beyond simply reviewing logs or fixing vulnerabilities; it's about redefining how security is perceived and integrated across everything we do. You will take a hands-on role in incident response, lead initiatives to strengthen our security posture, and be a key force in ensuring NGN stays ahead of evolving cyber threats.

Please Note: National Security Vetting is a requirement for this role

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Take the lead in detecting, responding to, and resolving security incidents
Proactively monitor threats, manage vulnerabilities, and maintain robust system security controls
Collaborate closely with Infrastructure and Service Delivery teams to safeguard our AWS and enterprise environments
Investigate and assess security events, prioritising critical risks and driving effective remediation
Conduct simulated attacks and lead awareness initiatives to strengthen our security-first culture
Contribute to the delivery of our NIS Directive Improvement Plan, ensuring compliance becomes a strategic advantage, not just a checkbox

What we are looking for

Experience with SIEM tools, logging, and cyber incident response
Strong knowledge of EDR/AV solutions, vulnerability testing, and management
Familiarity with Office 365, Active Directory, and network security (TCP/IP)
Understanding of SCCM, Intune, patching processes, and ITIL practices
Hands-on experience with Windows (essential) and Linux (desirable) environments
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS desirable) and web proxy technologies
Background in IT risk, controls, and cyber awareness

Desirable: ITIL Foundation Certificate, SSCP Certificate

If you're motivated by the idea of protecting systems that millions of people rely on and want to grow your career in a role that balances technical depth with real business impact, we would love to hear from you

We encourage early applications, as the vacancy may close before the advertised deadline once we've received enough suitable candidates

What we offer you

Salary from £45,000 per annum
Up to 10% bonus per annum
25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
SSP for the first 2 calendar days then occupational sick pay
A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days and much more!
An array of fantastic family-friendly policies such as 6 weeks paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more!

We are Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire. That's around 6.7 million individual customers. We don't generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes. In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again. We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Our Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy!

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our 'Opportunity Action Plan' having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a 'force for good' in the communities that we serve.

Next Steps - Please apply by clicking 'apply' and uploading your CV. We love to see how your experience and skills are transferable to this role so please ensure these are all included in your application. Once the advert has closed, we will be in contact within one week to let you know if you have progressed to the next stage. We are looking to hold interviews for this role throughout November. We look forward to receiving your application for the role.

If you require adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process, we want to hear about how we can help. Any applicant that requires reasonable adjustments from initial application through to interview are asked to contact the Recruitment Team at

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