Incident Response Engineer, UK Security Operations, Hampshire

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector's UK Security Operations (SecOps) team seeks a seasoned SOC professional to monitor, respond to, and secure private cloud deployments. You will operate 24/7/365, escalating incidents and driving platform efficiencies across EDR/SIEM ecosystems.

The role covers threat hunting, on-call rotations outside core hours and occasional travel to London, supporting high-security private cloud services for critical customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• CEH/GIAC/CompTIA Sec+ certifications.
• 5+ years in SOC roles addressing security incidents.
• Experience troubleshooting and coding in one or more languages.
• Eligibility for 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 SOC.
• Conduct threat hunting activities and participate in purple team events.
• Review and develop SOC dashboards for anomalous activity.
• Demonstrate SME across security disciplines, EDR, SIEM, and related tools.

Skills

Programming

Troubleshooting

Threat hunting

Incident response

Problem solving

Kubernetes incident response

EDR/SIEM familiarity

Security incident analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

CEH/GIAC/CompTIA Sec+ certification

DV UK security clearance eligibility

5 years SOC incident response experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Must be a British citizen to meet compliance and security clearance requirements. Office location will be a satellite site in Hampshire, with occasional travel to London.

Minimum 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Security+ or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response related certifications.
• Experience responding to security incidents on Kubernetes.
• Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents.
• Understanding of common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.
• Active UK Developed Vetting (DV) Security Clearance.

About the job

As a part of the UK Security Operations (SecOps) team in Google Public Sector, you will deliver, operate and secure private cloud services. You will aim to provide the flexibility, reliability, and scalability of public cloud for customers with exceptionally high security requirements that can only be met in a private cloud environment. You will deliver and operate these private cloud deployments for the most critical customers, helping scale, secure and maintain the deployment whilst working closely with Google product teams to continually improve our technology.

As a part of the SecOps, you will play a critical role in safeguarding Google's public sector customers by proactively monitoring, detecting, and investigating security incidents around the clock. You will operate 24/7/365, the team ensures comprehensive coverage of environments and swiftly responds to suspicious activity. Your role involves responding to escalated security incidents and proactively enhancing the Security Operations Center (SOC) by building platform efficiencies, conducting threat hunting, and participating in purple team events. Your role will require participation in a rotating on-call schedule outside of core business hours and over the weekend to ensure security incidents can be swiftly resolved.

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 Management (SIEM) etc.

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