Cyber Security Operations Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious opportunity awaits as a Cyber Security Operations Engineer for a leading organization in Reading. You will join a pioneering technology team, responsible for security investigations, threat detection, and incident response in a hybrid work environment. Expect career development and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Ongoing career development

Enviable benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in a Security Operations Centre is a plus.
• Hands-on incident response experience required.
• Familiarity with network security events and system administration helpful.

Responsibilities

• Conduct security investigations and lead incident responses.
• Monitor security systems to ensure optimal performance.
• Implement security tools and processes to mitigate threats.

Skills

Cyber Security

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Monitoring Security Systems

Data Integrity

Communication Skills

Tools

CrowdStrike

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Linux

Windows

Job description

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reading, United Kingdom

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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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 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 the best performance and reliability
• Implementing and managing security tools and processes, to detect and mitigate threats
• Maintaining robust security feeds and ensuring data integrity
• Proactively looking for 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 the mitigation of threats
• Communicate complex technical information clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborating with partner security teams to bolster support of the organisation's security infrastructure

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Expertise in an operational Security Operations Centre
• Previous experience as a Cyber Security Operations Engineer
• Hands-on experience in an incident response role utilising CrowdStrike
• Experience developing and delivering on incident and program status
• Familiar with threat hunting, leveraging intelligence data to proactively find and iteratively investigate suspicious behaviour across networks and systems
• Experience analysing network and host-based security events
• System Administration with either Microsoft Windows or Linux
• Understanding CLI shells such as PowerShell or Bash
• Security Log infrastructure configuration such as Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) or syslog
• Knowledge of an interpreted language such as Python, Perl, or Ruby
• Operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS and Linux
• Knowledge of networking technologies, specifically TCP/IP and the related protocols
• Understanding of networks, operating systems, and architecture and how they affect the security of an organisation

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

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