Security Operations Engineer

Woolf Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a specialist to rebuild their pricing & risk management platform from scratch. The role involves evaluating security technologies, enhancing threat detection capabilities, and collaborating with teams to automate processes through Infrastructure as Code. Ideal candidates should possess strong programming skills and a deep understanding of security threats.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with programming languages such as Python, Rust, C++, or others.
• Strong understanding of the latest security threats, threat actors, and the tactics and techniques adopted.
• Knowledge of SecOps tooling (SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intelligence).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new security technologies and tools.
• Improve threat detection and response capabilities.
• Automate manual processes utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Collaborate with external suppliers and internal teams.

Skills

Security Threat Understanding

Threat Detection

Automation with IaC

Programming (Python, Rust, C++)

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

Threat Intelligence

Job description

We are working with a fund that is number one in their specialist area and is currently rebuilding their entire pricing & risk management platform from scratch.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate new security technologies and tools.
• Improve threat detection and response capabilities with a code-first approach.
• Automate manual processes utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Collaborate and co-develop with external suppliers and internal engineering teams to ensure data sources and detection rules are well enriched.

Required:

• Strong understanding of the latest security threats, threat actors, and the tactics and techniques adopted.
• Proven experience with programming languages such as Python, Rust, C++, or others.
• Knowledge of SecOps tooling (SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intelligence).