Senior Cyber Security Engineer

GTC Recruitment Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious government organization is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join their team in London (Canary Wharf). The role focuses on managing security platforms, supporting a large user base, and delivering technology projects, with responsibilities including onboarding critical services to a security monitoring project. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of relevant experience and excellent communication skills. There is flexibility for remote work options.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in security platforms management (SIEM, SOAR).
• Expertise in enterprise-level monitoring and supporting large user bases (10,000+ users).
• Solid understanding of cloud security, network/system security fundamentals.
• Experience in Xsiam correlation/playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Join a team responsible for all infrastructure, end user computing and onsite support.
• Deliver against initial phase of security monitoring project onboarding critical services.

Skills

Security platforms management

Enterprise-level monitoring

Creating/managing security playbooks

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Cortex XDR

Cortex Data Lake

Cortex XSOAR

Job description

Overview

My client are a prestigious government organisation, seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join a team responsible for all infrastructure, end user computing, onsite support and delivery of technology projects. The requirement is to deliver against the initial phase of the security monitoring project-onboarding critical services, proactively monitored by their in-house SOC.

Details

Contract Length: End date 02/12/2025 - possible extension

Location: London (Canary Wharf) - Ideally 1-2 days per week - However, there is scope for fully remote

Responsibilities

• Join a team responsible for all infrastructure, end user computing, onsite support and delivery of technology projects.
• Deliver against the initial phase of the security monitoring project onboarding critical services, proactively monitored by the in-house SOC.

Essential Criteria

• 2+ years in security platforms management (SIEM, SOAR).
• Expertise in enterprise-level monitoring and supporting large user bases (10,000+ users).
• Experience in creating/managing security playbooks and knowledge of public sector standards.
• Experience in Xsiam correlation/ playbooks.
• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Technical requirements

• Proven experience with Cortex XDR, Cortex Data Lake, and Cortex XSOAR.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, network/system security fundamentals, and scripting for automation.

Desirable Qualifications

• Familiarity with compliance and security standards (GDPR, HIPAA, NIST).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code