Infrastructure Engineer - Cyber Security


Company:	South Hampshire Colleges Group
Salary:	£40,547 to £43,048 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southampton, SO14 1AR
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Oct 2026
Closing date:	27 Nov 2026

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Summary

Care to Join Us?

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Infrastructure Engineer (Cyber Security) to join our Group IT team. Reporting to the Head of IT Infrastructure, you will play a key role in maintaining, securing, and developing our IT infrastructure while acting as the team's technical lead for cyber security.

This is an exciting opportunity for an IT professional with strong infrastructure and cyber security expertise to help drive a secure-by-design approach across a complex and evolving technology environment. You will work closely with colleagues across IT Operations, Infrastructure, and external partners to ensure our systems remain secure, resilient, accessible, and fit for the future.

About the Role

As an Infrastructure Engineer (Cyber Security), you will provide specialist 2nd line infrastructure support across the Group's IT estate while taking ownership of cyber security monitoring, vulnerability management, technical assurance, security controls, and incident response.

Working within a collaborative team, you will contribute to the design, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of infrastructure services whilst ensuring compliance with industry best practice, cyber security standards, and regulatory requirements.

The role requires a balance of hands-on technical delivery, strategic thinking, and stakeholder collaboration to support the Group's Secure, Accessible, Harmonious, Available, Robust and Adaptive (SAHARA) principles.

 offer great benefits including;

Generous annual leave

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Regular training and development

Duties

Cyber Security Leadership

Lead the development and continuous improvement of technical cyber security controls, standards, and procedures.

Act as the technical lead for cyber security monitoring, vulnerability management, security hardening, and incident response.

Monitor security alerts, threat intelligence and emerging cyber risks, coordinating appropriate responses.

Analyse security trends and vulnerabilities, recommending and implementing risk-based improvements.

Coordinate remediation activities and provide technical assurance across the infrastructure estate.

Support security investigations, incident containment, recovery activities and post-incident reviews.

Ensure compliance with GDPR, Cyber Essentials, ISO standards, and other relevant security frameworks.

Infrastructure Development and Support

Design, implement and maintain secure infrastructure solutions using secure-by-design and least-privilege principles.

Provide expert 2nd line support across servers, networks, cloud services, storage, and core infrastructure platforms.

Work with internal stakeholders to identify technology requirements and deliver effective solutions.

Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing.

Ensure the availability, performance and resilience of critical IT services.

Work closely with third-party suppliers to deliver secure and robust technology solutions.

Manage escalated technical issues in line with departmental service level agreements.

Continuous Improvement

Contribute to the development and delivery of the Group's technical strategy.

Identify opportunities for service improvement, automation and innovation.

Evaluate new and emerging technologies and make recommendations for implementation.

Provide guidance, mentoring and knowledge-sharing across the wider IT team.

Support the development of IT Operations colleagues through training and technical expertise.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a technically skilled and security-focused professional who has:

Essential Experience

Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.

Hands-on experience with cyber security technologies, security monitoring and vulnerability management.

Strong knowledge of Microsoft server and cloud technologies.

Experience with network infrastructure, firewalls, switches and security controls.

Experience responding to cyber security incidents and implementing remediation activities.

Understanding of security frameworks and best practice.

Experience working with third-party suppliers and external partners.

Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Experience

Experience supporting Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.

Knowledge of Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001 or similar frameworks.

Experience with endpoint security, SIEM platforms and security monitoring tools.

Relevant professional certifications such as:

CISSP,Security+,SC-200,SC-300,SC-100,AZ-104,Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect certifications

About Us

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is a dynamic, purpose driven Further Education organisation with a commitment to Creating Better Futures for learners, employers and communities within South Hampshire and beyond.

We pride ourselves on living our values - Collaborative, Inclusive and Aspirational. We also understand the difference exceptional employees can make to us delivering outstanding results and we are always seeking to attract talent who can add value and who will be proud to be part of our growing organisation.

South Hampshire College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment practices follow safer recruitment guidance, including enhanced DBS checks, online checks, and thorough pre‑employment vetting. We value equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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