3305 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- Security operations experience in a SaaS, cloud or regulated technology environment.
- Experience triaging and responding to security alerts using SIEM tooling (Microsoft Sentinel advantageous).
- Strong grounding in Azure security: identity & access management, network security, hardening and vulnerability management.
- Experience with vulnerability assessments/penetration testing and driving remediation to closure.
- Working knowledge of frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR, with practical experience embedding controls operationally.
- Comfortable working in automated environments using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).
- Strong communication skills: able to articulate risk clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- (Desirable) Network/firewall knowledge.
- (Desirable) Exposure to SIEM tuning, detection engineering or alert optimisation.
- (Desirable) Familiarity with Azure-native tooling such as Log Analytics (and related security tooling).
- (Desirable) Experience in fintech/financial services or other regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and investigate security events across cloud and internal infrastructure using SIEM/security monitoring tools, distinguishing genuine threats from false positives.
- Lead and support incident response activities (containment, remediation, recovery, and post-incident reviews).
- Own vulnerability management follow-through: track remediation actions, validate fixes, and ensure closure in line with risk appetite.
- Improve security controls across IAM, network security, system hardening and vulnerability management (primarily Azure-focused).
- Embed security into Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD: work within Terraform-managed environments and automated pipelines so security is built in by design.
- Support penetration tests and third-party security assessments, ensuring outcomes translate into completed remediation.
- Assist with compliance/assurance activity (e.g., ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR) by producing logs, evidence, and documentation.
- Act as a confident security advocate in roadmap decisions, able to push back, prioritise critical risk items, and bring stakeholders with you.
- Maintain a sensible level of ownership if issues arise, although there are no on-call duties.
Description
We are a fast-growing, regulated fintech organization operating in the financial services space, and we are looking for a Senior Ops Engineer to join our Infrastructure & Support function. Youll have genuine autonomy to shape security operations, improve audit outcomes, and embed practical security controls in a business that is focused on investing in its security maturity. This role can be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh with flexible hybrid working options.
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The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 96 different Cyber Security Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Cyber Security Engineers.