Cyber Security Operations Engineer

hays-gcj-v4-pd-online; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international organisation seeks a Cyber Security Operations Engineer to join their Global Security Operations Centre team in Manchester. The role involves security investigations, incident responses, and collaboration with partner security teams. Candidates will benefit from ongoing career development and a progressive work environment.

Benefits

Enviable benefits package

Hybrid working

Ongoing career development

Qualifications

• Experience in an operational Security Operations Centre is vital.
• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike is preferred.
• Knowledge of networking technologies and CLI shells is important.

Responsibilities

• Conducting security investigations and leading incident responses.
• Monitoring security systems for performance and reliability.
• Implementing tools for threat detection and mitigation.

Skills

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Security Tools Management

Network Analysis

System Administration

Python

Windows Security

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Manchester, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

Prestigious opportunity for a Cyber Security Operations Engineer for an international market-leading organisation. Following a period of significant growth and success, we are expanding the team in our Global Security Operations Centre, and we welcome your application! This is a hybrid role in a pioneering technology team, offering ongoing career development and training.

As one of our Cyber Security Operations Engineers, you will be responsible for:

• Conducting security investigations and leading security incident responses, driving incident resolution
• Monitoring security systems and infrastructure to support optimal performance and reliability
• Implementing and managing security tools and processes to detect and mitigate threats
• Maintaining robust security feeds and ensuring data integrity
• Proactively identifying threats, working with level one analysts, affected teams, and security vendors
• Identifying and implementing security process automation, continuously improving processes and tools
• Providing expertise to partnered security teams in threat mitigation
• Collaborating with partner security teams to strengthen the organisation’s security infrastructure

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LET'S TALK!

• Expertise in an operational Security Operations Centre
• Previous experience as a Cyber Security Operations Engineer
• Hands-on experience in an incident response role utilizing CrowdStrike
• Experience developing and delivering incident and program status updates
• Familiarity with threat hunting, leveraging intelligence data to proactively identify and investigate suspicious activity across networks and systems
• Experience analysing network and host-based security events
• System administration experience with Microsoft Windows or Linux
• Understanding of CLI shells such as PowerShell or Bash
• Security log infrastructure configuration, such as Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) or syslog
• Knowledge of interpreted languages such as Python, Perl, or Ruby
• Understanding of operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS, and Linux
• Knowledge of networking technologies, specifically TCP/IP and related protocols
• Understanding of how networks, operating systems, and architecture impact security

In return, you will be rewarded with an enviable benefits package, hybrid working, and ongoing career development.