Security Engineer – Threat Response & Automation

Spectrum IT Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join a growing cybersecurity team in the UK. You’ll help protect a complex technology environment by monitoring threats, investigating incidents and performing root-cause analyses.

You’ll manage EDR, SIEM, firewalls, WAF and IAM security tools, develop automation, and contribute to cyber resilience initiatives across the business. The role requires 3+ years in security engineering and hands-on experience with Defender, Entra

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in Security Engineering or SecOps.
• Hands-on with Defender, Entra ID and SIEM/EDR.
• Strong IAM, vulnerability mgmt, and NGFW knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Monitor threats, investigate incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Manage and optimize EDR, SIEM, firewalls, WAF and vulnerability tools.
• Support IAM, MFA, SSO, PAM and Microsoft security technologies.
• Develop security automation and contribute to cyber resilience projects.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat monitoring

Incident response

EDR/SIEM experience

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Entra ID

Intune

PowerShell

KQL

Job description

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join a growing cybersecurity team in the UK. You’ll help protect a complex technology environment by monitoring threats, investigating incidents and performing root-cause analyses.

You’ll manage EDR, SIEM, firewalls, WAF and IAM security tools, develop automation, and contribute to cyber resilience initiatives across the business. The role requires 3+ years in security engineering and hands-on experience with Defender, Entra