Principal Security Operations Engineer — Transformation Lead

Morson Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Principal Security Operations Engineer to lead a major cybersecurity transformation. You will design, build and implement advanced security operations capabilities, and transition them into BAU teams.

You will work independently, shape requirements, challenge existing approaches, and drive delivery from concept through to operational handover. This is a senior, Principal-level role requiring deep hands-on experience across incident response,

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Security Operations experience across incident response and threat intelligence.
• Proven ability to design and implement detection capabilities at scale.
• Experience leading security transformation programs in enterprise environments.
• Strong ability to influence stakeholders and guide security decisions.
• IR35 contract experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and implement Security Operations capabilities.
• Lead technical delivery from concept to handover into BAU.
• Translate threat intel into practical security outcomes and detections.
• Provide expert guidance and independent decision making.

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Threat Hunting

Digital Forensics

Malware Analysis

Network Analysis

Detection Engineering

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Influence

Job description

Morson Group in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Principal Security Operations Engineer to lead a major cybersecurity transformation. You will design, build and implement advanced security operations capabilities, and transition them into BAU teams.

You will work independently, shape requirements, challenge existing approaches, and drive delivery from concept through to operational handover. This is a senior, Principal-level role requiring deep hands-on experience across incident response,