Cybersecurity Engineer — London SOC & Incident Response

Academic Key; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Academic Key in London seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to protect employees, data, and infrastructure. You will develop and use monitoring tools, and respond to incidents with remediation efforts. The role emphasizes communicating best practices and leading security education across teams.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in a related field and strong programming skills, plus familiarity with threat modeling and version-control workflows. English fluency is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Strong programming ability with quick learning aptitude.
• Familiar with threat modeling and communicating trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Able to explain cybersecurity decisions clearly and learn from colleagues.
• Curious problem solver with a positive, collaborative attitude.

Responsibilities

• Develop and use monitoring tools to guard the firm’s systems and data.
• Handle incident response and remediation when threats are detected.
• Promote and model cybersecurity best practices across the firm.
• Explain cybersecurity decisions and trade-offs to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with colleagues to learn and share security insights.

Skills

Programming

Threat modeling

Cybersecurity awareness

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field

Tools

Git

Code editor

Job description

Academic Key in London seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to protect employees, data, and infrastructure. You will develop and use monitoring tools, and respond to incidents with remediation efforts. The role emphasizes communicating best practices and leading security education across teams.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in a related field and strong programming skills, plus familiarity with threat modeling and version-control workflows. English fluency is essential.