Senior Security Engineer — Remote, Own the Detection Stack

Dynamic Search Solutions; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Leading enterprise tech

Ownership of direction

Training & development

Clear progression

Job summary

Dynamic Search Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own engineering direction across detection, telemetry, and automation for UK enterprise clients.

You will design scalable security architectures, build detection logic with KQL and automation frameworks, and drive automation of response using SOAR, while partnering with SOC leadership to enhance detection effectiveness and operational outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in security engineering or detection engineering
• Hands-on with SIEM/XDR tooling
• Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong scripting skills (Python/PowerShell)
• Understanding of telemetry and logging pipelines
• Cloud security design experience
• Windows and Linux proficiency
• API integrations and automation desirable
• Experience in MSSP or multi-tenant environments desirable
• Certifications like AZ-500 or SC-100 desirable

Responsibilities

• Design scalable security architectures across SIEM, XDR and clouds
• Develop and maintain detection logic using KQL, APIs and automation
• Improve telemetry coverage and data quality
• Lead integration of new data sources and tooling
• Drive automation of response via SOAR and playbooks
• Collaborate with SOC leadership to improve detection effectiveness
• Own engineering backlog, prioritisation and delivery
• Maintain version control, CI/CD practices and documentation
• Evaluate onboarding of new security technologies

Skills

Security engineering

Detection engineering

SIEM and XDR tooling

Python/PowerShell scripting

Cloud security

Windows/Linux systems

APIs & automation

CI/CD pipelines

Telemetry & logging pipelines

Education

AZ-500 or SC-100 certifications

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Dynamic Search Solutions is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own engineering direction across detection, telemetry, and automation for UK enterprise clients.

You will design scalable security architectures, build detection logic with KQL and automation frameworks, and drive automation of response using SOAR, while partnering with SOC leadership to enhance detection effectiveness and operational outcomes.