Cyber Security Engineer

🔐 Cyber Security Engineer (AVP) | £80,000 | Financial Services Are you a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with strong experience in SIEM, threat detection and security automation? I'm working with a well-established, global financial services organisation looking to appoint an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to join its proactive security function. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing and enhancing security capabilities, improving threat detection and implementing preventative security controls across a complex technology environment. The Role You'll be responsible for strengthening the organisation's security infrastructure, developing detection capabilities and driving automation across the security technology stack. Key responsibilities include: - Design, implement and enhance SIEM capabilities, including detection rules, log ingestion and monitoring. - Develop and maintain advanced threat detection use cases and proactive threat-hunting capabilities. - Build and improve security automation and orchestration (SOAR) processes. - Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments and security control reviews. - Develop scripts and automated remediation solutions using PowerShell and Python. - Work closely with SOC, infrastructure and engineering teams to improve security monitoring and incident response. - Integrate and optimise security technologies across cloud and on-premise environments. - Support identity-based threat detection, privileged access security and vulnerability mitigation. What We're Looking For - 5+ years' experience in Cyber Security Engineering, Security Automation or a similar technical security role. - Strong hands-on experience with SIEM technologies, ideally Microsoft Sentinel. - Experience developing detection rules, custom queries and threat-hunting use cases. - Knowledge of EDR, SOAR and security monitoring technologies. - Scripting experience with PowerShell and/or Python. - Good understanding of Active Directory security, Windows event logging and network security. - Familiarity with cloud security environments such as Azure, AWS or GCP. - Understanding of security frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK and NIST. - Relevant certifications such as SC-200, AZ-500 or CompTIA Security+ would be advantageous. Why Consider This Opportunity? This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically driven security professional who enjoys being hands-on and wants to have a genuine impact on an organisation's security posture. You'll be joining an established cyber security function, working across a varied technology environment with opportunities to influence security tooling, automation and threat detection strategy. 💰 Salary: £80,000 🏦 Sector: Financial Services 🔐 Position: Cyber Security Engineer (AVP) If you're interested in hearing more, please apply or drop me a message for a confidential conversation. #CyberSecurityJobs #SecurityEngineer #CyberSecurity #MicrosoftSentinel #SIEM #ThreatDetection #SecurityAutomation #FinancialServices #CyberRecruitment