Security Engineer - Detection Engineering

Harrington Starr; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 85 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Harrington Starr seeks a Security Engineer focused on Detection Engineering in a greenfield setup. You will own the detection and response platform, shaping security controls across applications, infrastructure and cloud in a fast-growing environment.

You will collaborate with the CISO, engineering and operations to evolve security architecture, monitor threats, and drive secure development practices across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in Security Engineering / Information Security.
• Experience with SIEM, security monitoring and/or incident response.
• Background in software development, operating systems or systems administration.
• Strong problem-solving and risk-management skills.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.

Responsabilités

• Build and own the detection and response platform in a greenfield environment.
• Design and implement security controls across applications, infrastructure and cloud.
• Perform security monitoring, detection engineering and incident response.
• Set authentication and authorisation architecture; manage internal certificate authority.
• Develop and enforce security standards and policies; embed security into development workflows.

Connaissances

Security Engineering

SIEM

Incident Response

Software Development

OS Administration

Formation

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Outils

AWS

GCP

Azure

Description du poste

Security Engineer - Detection Engineering

London or New York

We're working with a growing investment fund looking for a Security Engineer to build and strengthen its security foundations.

This is primarily a Detection Engineering role, with ownership of designing and building the detection and response platform in a greenfield environment.

The Role

You'll work closely with the CISO, Engineering and Operations teams, with significant opportunity to influence security architecture and build scalable security capabilities.

Key areas include:

• Building and owning the detection and response platform
• Designing and implementing security controls across applications, infrastructure and cloud
• Security monitoring, detection engineering and incident response
• Authentication and authorisation architecture
• Internal certificate authority architecture
• Developing and enforcing security standards and policies
• Embedding security into development and deployment workflows
• Making architectural decisions to support rapid growth

What We're Looking For

• Strong professional experience in Security Engineering / Information Security
• Experience with SIEM, security monitoring and/or incident response
• Background in software development, operating systems or systems administration
• Strong problem-solving and risk-management skills
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS, GCP or Azure
• Cloud-native security tooling
• Experience within financial services
• Familiarity with financial regulatory requirements

This is an opportunity to join a greenfield security environment, work directly with senior security leadership, and have a meaningful impact on the organisation's security architecture.

London or New York

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