Incident Response Engineer - 24/7 UK SecOps (Hampshire)

Google LLC; Greater London; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Hampshire is seeking an Incident Response Engineer for UK Security Operations to join a 24/7 SOC. The role focuses on detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents across private cloud deployments with high security requirements.

The candidate will build platform efficiencies, perform threat hunting, and contribute to purple team exercises, with on-site work and potential travel to London. DV clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Completed relevant industry course/certification offerings such as CEH, GIAC or CompTIA Sec+.
• 5 years of experience in SOC-related roles, responding to and addressing security incidents.
• Experience in technical troubleshooting and writing code in one or more programming languages.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Respond to security incidents escalated from the front line 24x7x365 team.
• Build and develop security efficiencies on the platform to improve the overall SOC.
• Conduct threat hunting activities on the platform and participate in purple team events.
• Review and develop security operations center dashboards for anomalous activity.
• Demonstrate subject matter expert across typical security disciplines, vulnerability, Endpoint Detection and Response(EDR), Security Information and Event Managemen (SIEM) etc.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Programming

Security incident response

Kubernetes experience

Threat hunting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

CEH/GIAC/CompTIA Sec+ certifications

Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance

Tools

EDR

SIEM

Job description

Google LLC in Hampshire is seeking an Incident Response Engineer for UK Security Operations to join a 24/7 SOC. The role focuses on detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents across private cloud deployments with high security requirements.

The candidate will build platform efficiencies, perform threat hunting, and contribute to purple team exercises, with on-site work and potential travel to London. DV clearance is preferred.