Cyber Security Jobs in Birmingham

• Birmingham
• £500 – £560 pd
• Contract

Support the design, development, operation and optimisation of an Elastic-based SIEM platform, strengthening threat detection, security monitoring and incident response. Configure Elasticsearch pipelines to ingest security data including from Kafka, refine queries, rules, alerts and dashboards, and work with security analysts, architects and Security Operations across transitions and transformations.

Elasticsearch · Logstash · Kibana +7

• Birmingham

Azure DevOps Engineer | 3-month contract | £500 - £550 per day, Outside IR35Legal Firm | Remote with very occasional office visits to BirminghamWe are working with a large UK based Legal Organisation who are looking for an Azure DevOps…

• Birmingham
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £80,000 – £87,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Acts as the University's authority for security architecture and protective controls, running a continuous control validation programme using breach and attack simulation, purple teaming and posture monitoring. Owns control standards and baselines, governs exceptions and drives remediation, and acts as design authority embedding secure-by-design and threat modelling into major technology change across cloud, identity and AI.

Azure · AWS · GCP +5

• Birmingham
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £80,000 – £87,000 pa
• Lead
• Permanent

Acts as the University's authority for security architecture and protective controls, running a continuous control validation programme using breach and attack simulation, purple teaming and posture monitoring. Owns control standards and baselines, governs exceptions and drives remediation, and serves as design authority embedding secure-by-design and threat modelling into major technology change across zero trust, multi-cloud and AI.

Azure · AWS · GCP +5

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £35,000 – £50,000 pa
• Senior

A newly created role at the heart of service delivery for a growing managed services team, focused on improving automation, security, monitoring, patch management and endpoint management across a diverse customer base. The engineer leads development of service standards and tooling, builds PowerShell and API automation, manages RMM platforms, and acts as senior escalation point for infrastructure, endpoint, security, networking and backup issues, working closely with projects, support and service delivery teams.

Microsoft 365 · Windows Server · Entra ID +6

• Birmingham
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £300 – £400 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Lead a six-month AI and digital platform security initiative, defining controls and guardrails for GenAI and machine learning across global operations. Architect defences spanning AWS, Azure, hybrid and on-prem environments, aligning with NIST and ISO 27001 while mentoring a senior team of security architects and advising C-suite stakeholders.

AWS · Azure · GenAI

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Champion SRE best practices across engineering, platform and service operations teams, implementing SLOs, SLIs and error budgets for critical services. Build observability through monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting, automate operational tasks, and support incident response and resilience testing. Also involves AIOps adoption and embedding reliability into delivery pipelines.

AIOps

• Birmingham
• Remote
• £24,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A traineeship combining online, accredited IT support training with hands-on Livelabs practice and CompTIA A+ exams, followed by placement into an IT Technician role. After two years' industry experience and further cyber security training, participants progress into a Cyber Security Technician position.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA · Microsoft +1

• Birmingham
• Mid-level · manages people

Delivers client cyber risk engagements, applying frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, Cyber Essentials and NCSC guidance. Manages, develops and mentors a small team while handling multiple engagements, and combines technical expertise with stakeholder management to drive control improvements.

ISO 27001 · ISO 27002 · NIST CSF +5

• Birmingham
• Remote
• £28,000 – £40,000 pa
• Junior

A self-funded training programme leading to a junior cyber security role, combining online CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ certification study with live labs and hands-on scenarios. Includes CV, LinkedIn and interview support plus recruitment assistance until placement, with flexible payment options spread over 12 months.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA Network+ · CompTIA Security+ +1

• Birmingham
• Hybrid
• £600 – £650 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Hands-on contract managing enterprise identity security platforms, optimising Delinea Secret Server and Saviynt IGA, and strengthening privileged access controls. Involves onboarding critical applications, incident response, patching and releases, and working with cloud security engineers across Azure, Entra ID and AWS, including emerging risks around AI and non-human identities.

Delinea Secret Server · Saviynt IGA · Azure +3

• Birmingham
• Remote
• £24,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

A traineeship combining online CompTIA, Microsoft and Cisco training with Livelabs practical work, leading to a guaranteed IT Technician placement and later a Cyber Security Technician role. Study is self-paced from home with a tutor, and candidates must complete two years in IT support before progressing into security.

CompTIA A+ · Microsoft · Cisco

• West Bromwich
• Remote
• £30,000 – £38,000 pa
• Entry level

A training programme combining accredited CompTIA online courses, tutor support and practice labs to prepare career changers for entry-level IT roles. Participants sit A+ and Network+ exams, then move into an IT Technician placement before progressing into cybersecurity with Security+ and optional ethical hacking courses.

CompTIA A+ · CompTIA Network+ · CompTIA Security+ +2

• Solihull
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Leads physical security, secure data centre operations, personnel security and facilities management across a security-sensitive estate, heading a small team of security and estates professionals. Involves security design, access control, risk assessments, incident investigations, contractor and building project oversight, plus occasional out-of-hours incident response. Requires DV clearance or eligibility and at least three days per week on site.

• Solihull
• On-site
• £32,000 – £38,400 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent · Shift work

Join a brand-new 24/7 support team providing advanced diagnostics and resolution of network incidents across enterprise environments. You will troubleshoot routing, switching, firewalls, wireless and connectivity issues, manage escalations with vendors, and handle major incident response on a 4 on/4 off shift pattern.

Cisco · Meraki · Extreme +7