Security Operations Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative American FinTech company is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to build their in-house SOC infrastructure. This pivotal role entails incident response, automation, and collaboration within a talented team, offering amazing learning opportunities. Enjoy flexibility to work remotely or from the office while receiving comprehensive benefits including stock options and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Stock options

Private medical insurance

Pension contribution of 4%

Flexibility to work from the office or home

Qualifications

• Experience in deploying security related IaC projects at scale.
• Familiarity with SOAR and security automation.
• Experience with AWS and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Build the infrastructure for a new in-house SOC.
• Conduct incident response against various threat actors.
• Develop automation workflow and SIEM detection content.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Security automation

Job description

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Client:

Lawrence Harvey

Location:

northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

5

Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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About the job

Brand new permanent role with an innovative American FinTech company. They’re hiring for a top-tier Security Operations Engineer to work with their wider Security team, and to be responsible for building the infrastructure of their new in-house SOC.

Every year, the company processes over $10 billion in value for their customers. The headquarters are in London and San Francisco, but they have employees in 40+ countries around the world, working 100% remotely.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of a rapidly growing mobile-first payments solution organisation, where you can truly shape and affect how the incident response is delivered.

You would be reporting to the Security Operations Lead (who reports to the Head of Security) and will be working alongside a team of talented and motivated engineers, giving you some incredible learning opportunities.

If you’re a passionate and driven engineer, who constantly seeks excellence, apply and we can have a call to discuss your background and suitability for the role.

Key responsibilities

• You will be responsible for building the infrastructure of a new in-house SOC, all the way through to conducting precise and robust incident response against basic and advanced threat actors.
• You will be responsible for the automation workflow design and use case development.
• You will work on the SIEM detection content development and false positive reduction.
• You will be in charge of robust and detailed incident response to threats, investigation, and triage of day-to-day security events.

Key requirements

• Experience in deploying security related IaC projects at scale.
• Familiarity with SOAR and optimisation of Security Controls using automation.
• Experience working with multi cloud environments (specifically AWS and Azure).
• Incident response and threat hunting experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

What you’ll get in return

• Stock options
• Private medical insurance
• Pension contribution of 4%
• Flexibility to work from the office or from home