Lead SecOps Engineer: Build Detection & Response

Pleo; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Lunch provided or lunch allowance

Holiday 25-28 days

Hybrid and remote options

Extra 5 holidays via salary sacrifice

Mental health support (MyndUp)

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Pleo is seeking a Lead Security Operations Engineer to join our Cybersecurity team. In this role, you'll define and deliver the SecOps roadmap, building the detection, response, and investigation capability that protects a fast-growing fintech.

You will report to our VP of Fraud & Security and collaborate with Fraud, DevSecOps, Engineering and Risk & Compliance, helping mature the function and guiding newer security engineers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or a closely related discipline, with a proven track record of materialised risk reduction through monetary impact, incidents contained, forensics that changed outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a structured SecOps roadmap grounded in well-known frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and CIS benchmarks.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Automation scripting

SOC management

Cloud security (AWS/GCP)

AI-based automation

Fintech/fraud awareness

Security engineering

IR leadership

Tools

SIEM

Job description

Pleo is seeking a Lead Security Operations Engineer to join our Cybersecurity team. In this role, you'll define and deliver the SecOps roadmap, building the detection, response, and investigation capability that protects a fast-growing fintech.

You will report to our VP of Fraud & Security and collaborate with Fraud, DevSecOps, Engineering and Risk & Compliance, helping mature the function and guiding newer security engineers.