Senior Cloud Detection & Response Engineer - Hybrid

Langham Recruitment; Great Chesterford; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to enhance its Cyber team. This role involves responding to security incidents, improving detection processes, and leading threat hunting efforts. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in security roles, focusing on cloud security, especially with AWS. The position offers a competitive salary up to £90K and flexible working conditions, including remote options and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Private Healthcare

Minimum 6% Pension contributions

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience as a Security Engineer, particularly in cloud environments.
• Strong background in cloud security and AWS services.
• Experience with SIEM and security automation.

Responsibilities

• Respond to security events and perform incident analysis.
• Automate workflows to improve response times for security events.
• Lead threat hunting efforts and collaborate with engineering teams.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Threat hunting

AWS services

Scripting or programming

Communication skills

Data analysis

Forensics

Job description

A leading gaming company in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to enhance its Cyber team. This role involves responding to security incidents, improving detection processes, and leading threat hunting efforts. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in security roles, focusing on cloud security, especially with AWS. The position offers a competitive salary up to £90K and flexible working conditions, including remote options and a comprehensive benefits package.