1 to 25 of 44 Incident Response Jobs in the North West

CERT Incident Responder

Hiring Organisation
MBDA UK
Location
Bolton, Middle Hulton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£50000 - £60000/annum
Bolton The CERT Incident Responder is responsible for leading digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) readiness. While also advancing the organisation's Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)- including Red and Purple Team activities The role ensures detection, response, and control validation against real-world threat actor tactics … option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more . The opportunity: The CERT Incident Responder is responsible for leading digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) readiness. While also advancing the organisation's Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)- including ...

Head of Information Security

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£68,000 - £80,000 per annum
define enterprise-wide security strategy, and ensure resilience across all technology environments during a time of rapid change.You'll oversee governance, architecture, operations, and incident response, while working closely with senior leadership to safeguard critical systems, data, and digital services. Acting as a trusted advisor, you'll translate … drive a global information security strategy aligned to organisational priorities and risk appetite. Lead multidisciplinary teams spanning governance, risk, compliance, architecture, operations, and incident response. Embed recognised frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIS2, and DORA into policies, processes, and technology platforms. Oversee security operations, including monitoring, threat ...

IT Service Desk Manager

Hiring Organisation
Netteam tX Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
stakeholder input for operational excellence Ensure SLA compliance, lead governance, and implement corrective actions as needed Coordinate NOC processes including escalation, event monitoring, and incident response to maintain service stability Support Vendor Partnership Manager (e.g., Oracle) Drive continuous improvement using data, feedback, and industry trends to streamline service … delivery Lead major incident response and escalation, ensuring rapid resolution and clear communication across teams Conduct problem management and root cause analysis, implementing lasting solutions and reducing incidents Analyse ticket data to uncover opportunities for automation and process improvements Deliver comprehensive reports on KPIs, SLAs, incident trends ...

Cyber Security Specialist

Hiring Organisation
1TECH STAFFING LIMITED
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£55,000
Specialist to support the delivery of security services across a varied client base. This is a client-facing role combining technical delivery, advisory, and incident response within an MSP environment. The successful candidate will help assess risk, implement security controls, support compliance, and respond to cyber threats across … teams to improve overall security posture Essential Experience Background in cyber security within an MSP or multi-client environment Strong understanding of threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management Hands-on experience securing Microsoft 365/Azure AD Knowledge of EDR, AV, email security, and network security principles ...

Senior Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Robert Walters
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum
expert for Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR? Join my international client and take ownership of advanced engineering, threat hunting, and incident response in a modern, cloud-first environment.? My client is an international Consultancy firm, specialist in Cyber Security and looking for a Senior Security Engineer to take … lead role in advanced engineering work for SIEM and XDR , escalated security incident response, and advanced threat hunting. What this job is really about Owning M icrosoft Sentinel and Defender XDR so they work for you, not the other way round: shaping the data, the rules, the playbooks ...

Trainee Cyber Security Assistant - Training Course

Hiring Organisation
Netcom Training
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Contract, Temporary, Part Time, Apprenticeship
Security Practices, Level 2) equips you with the practical skills employers in Greater Manchester are actively seeking. From threat intelligence and security testing to incident response and ethical compliance, you’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for today’s fast-growing cyber security and IT roles. … security principles. Threat Intelligence: Develop expertise to identify risks and analyze threats. Vulnerability Testing: Conduct cyber security testing, identify vulnerabilities, and implement controls. Incident Response: Prepare for and respond to live cyber security incidents. Ethics & Law: Understand legislation and ethical conduct within the cyber security sector. Professional Skills ...

Trainee Cyber Security Assistant - Training Course

Hiring Organisation
Netcom Training
Location
City, Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
Security Practices, Level 2) equips you with the practical skills employers in Greater Manchester are actively seeking. From threat intelligence and security testing to incident response and ethical compliance, you ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for today s fast-growing cyber security and IT roles. … security principles. Threat Intelligence: Develop expertise to identify risks and analyze threats. Vulnerability Testing: Conduct cyber security testing, identify vulnerabilities, and implement controls. Incident Response: Prepare for and respond to live cyber security incidents. Ethics & Law: Understand legislation and ethical conduct within the cyber security sector. Professional Skills ...

Akamai Security Engineers

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£490 - £620 per day
Responsibilities Engineer Configure & maintain Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN)Support implementation of rulesets, policies & routing configs Monitor traffic, identify threats & assist in incident response Tune WAF & bot rules to reduce false positives Assist with CDN configuration, caching & performance tuning Manage certificates, redirects, and Akamai property updates … Engineer Architect, configure & optimise Akamai tools (KSD, WAF, Bot Manager, CDN) Lead end-to-end policy and ruleset implementation Conduct threat analysis, log review & incident response Implement rate limiting, DDoS protection & bot mitigation Manage Akamai properties, certificates, redirects & routing Tune WAF rules to reduce false positives Provide technical ...

Senior Front- End Engineer (B2B SaaS | Fully Remote | UK)

Hiring Organisation
Transreport
Location
Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
QA. Strengthen code review standards and engineering consistency. Within 12 months, you will: Confidently contribute to UK and Global teams based on priority. Lead incident response efforts when front-end issues affect production. Influence front-end architectural decisions. Raise the overall quality bar across our Vue/Nuxt … ensure implementation aligns with inclusive design principles. Technical Leadership: Conduct code reviews, guide architectural decisions, and raise engineering standards across the front-end codebase. Incident Response: Lead investigations and resolution efforts during critical production incidents, ensuring fast and structured recovery. Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design ...

Head of SOC / NOC

Hiring Organisation
SF Recruitment (Tech)
Location
Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
ability to motivate teams, drive performance, and manage under pressure. Oversee continuous monitoring, ensuring network performance and resolution of issues. Develop and lead SOC incident response playbooks, manage critical escalations, and handle crisis situations effectively. Set operational goals and align NOC & SOC strategies with wider IT and business … environments and diverse technical teams. Broad expertise in network infrastructure: routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, cloud networks. Deep understanding of security monitoring and incident response tools (SIEM, etc.) Side notes Hybrid working; 2-3 days office based in Bolton MSP experience is highly desirable ...

Cyber Security Analyst - Training Course

Hiring Organisation
Netcom Training
Location
North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Security Practices, Level 2) equips you with the practical skills employers in Greater Manchester are actively seeking. From threat intelligence and security testing to incident response and ethical compliance, you’ll gain hands-on experience that prepares you for today’s fast-growing cyber security and IT roles. … security principles. Threat Intelligence: Develop expertise to identify risks and analyze threats. Vulnerability Testing: Conduct cyber security testing, identify vulnerabilities, and implement controls. Incident Response: Prepare for and respond to live cyber security incidents. Ethics & Law: Understand legislation and ethical conduct within the cyber security sector. Professional Skills ...

Site Reliability Engineer / SRE / Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
AWD Online
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
Systems Engineer you will act as the vital link between operations, end users and backend development teams, ensuring system availability, performance optimisation and effective incident management across live environments. This Site Reliability Engineer/Systems Engineer role offers the chance to work with modern cloud technologies, containerisation, observability tools … your next career move? Apply Now for our Recruitment Team to review. DUTIES Your duties as the Site Reliability Engineer/Systems Engineer include: Incident Triage and Ownership: Acting as first-line technical escalation for live production issues through to resolution or handover System Monitoring and Availability: Maintaining high ...

Head of Site Reliability Engineering & Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£85,000
involvement with strategic planning and leadership Shaping and owning our AWS infrastructure and reliability roadmap Defining and embedding SRE best practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident management, and capacity planning Establishing and evolving SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets in partnership with engineering teams Acting as a senior technical voice … architecture discussions and operational decision-making Supporting incident response and post-incident reviews, with a focus on long-term improvement Developing, mentoring, and empowering a high-performing engineering team Essential Skills & Experience Experience in a senior SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform leadership role Strong, practical experience operating production ...

Akamai Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£425 - £466/day Inside IR35
Site Defender (KSD), WAF, and Bot Manager Implement and manage security policies, rulesets, and traffic routing configurations Monitor web traffic, identify threats, and support incident response activities Tune WAF and bot protection rules to minimise false positives and enhance effectiveness Support CDN configuration, caching strategies, and performance optimisation ...

Senior Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Inspire People
Location
Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
will receive an additional allowance. Specific projects the team are working on include rolling out an observability tool to enhance system monitoring and incident response, streamlining deployment processes to reduce downtime and speed up feature delivery, and developing a CLI tool to automate tasks and boost developer productivity. ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Candour
Location
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
/CD pipelines with blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, including automated, zero-downtime database releases. Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated incident workflows with clear reporting. Strengthen cloud security posture (IAM, secrets, vulnerability scanning) and embed DevSecOps practices while maintaining PCI-DSS compliance. Drive reliability through SLIs …/SLOs, incident response, disaster recovery testing, and capacity planning for peak events. Optimise performance and cost across hybrid environments through right-sizing, forecasting, and resource governance. Apply AI-driven tooling for anomaly detection, operational optimisation, and compliance automation. Collaborate cross-functionally, maintain documentation, and promote DevOps best ...

Network & Information Security Manager

Hiring Organisation
Syniti
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
role is responsible for meeting regulatory standards including IL4, CMMC 2.0 Level 2, ITAR, and UK Cyber Essentials+. This role leads security architecture reviews, incident readiness, and also serves as the technical lead for network design, implementation, and optimization. This includes responsibility for network segmentation, secure connectivity, and inter … control enforcement, and secure network transport. WHAT YOU WILL DO Own and manage vulnerability management program across cloud and containerized workloads. Oversee threat detection, incident response, and forensic analysis coordination with external SOC provider. Own and manage network design, segmentation, and secure interconnectivity across AWS, Azure ...

Akamai Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Manchester, Peover Superior, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £465/day
Defender, WAF, and Bot Manager. Implement and fine-tune security policies, rulesets, and traffic routing configurations. Monitor web traffic, identify threats, and assist with incident response activities. Optimise WAF and bot rules to reduce false positives and enhance protection effectiveness. Support CDN configuration, caching strategies, and performance optimisation. ...

Security Analyst

Hiring Organisation
LIMA Networks LTD
Location
Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£35,000 - £45,000 per annum
identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they can be exploited. In the event of an active exploit, you will be central to the response effort, supporting containment, investigation, and remediation activities.In addition, you will provide clear and ongoing reporting on our customers’ current risk exposure, ensuring they have visibility … their security posture. You will also be responsible for maintaining accurate, up-to-date incident response documentation, helping to ensure our customers are prepared to respond effectively to security incidents. Day-to-day responsibilities include: Facilitating vulnerability scans across client environments to identify potential security weaknesses Installing, configuring ...

Senior Akamai Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £600/day
Manager, and CDN Lead end-to-end implementation of Akamai security policies and custom rules Perform threat analysis, log monitoring, and security incident response for web traffic Implement and manage rate limiting, bot mitigation, DDoS protection, and zero-trust controls Partner with engineering and application teams to embed ...

Ruby on Rails Lead Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Canada Life UK
Location
Isle Of Man, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Part Time
excellence across the platform. Shape the technology roadmap, contributing to architectural decisions and cloud migration strategies. Manage operational risk, security posture, monitoring, alerting and incident response for Home Finance systems. Use data and insights to guide prioritisation, engineering improvements and product decisions. Support the Engineering Manager with talent ...

Senior SAP Analyst

Hiring Organisation
E3 Recruitment
Location
Warrington, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£80,000
architecture documentation, cyber posture, and technical standards are audit-ready. Own SAP run operations across internal teams and external service providers. Establish proactive monitoring, incident runbooks, and SLA governance. Lead major incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions. I Am Keen To Speak To Candidates With ...

Information Security Officer (Physical Security)

Hiring Organisation
Rullion Ltd
Location
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£56500 - £61500/annum
role acts in an advisory capacity, working closely with stakeholders and management to improve the overall security posture. Responsibilities include reviewing policies, supporting incident response and security reviews, and ensuring business processes align with the company's cyber security policy frameworks. Essential Skills and Experience Proven experience working ...

Lead Full Stack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Couch Heroes
Location
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
decisions about service boundaries, data models, caching strategies, and API design that balance immediate delivery needs with long-term scalability. Establish monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices using Grafana and Uptime Kuma or equivalent observability tools. Frontend Engineering Build polished, responsive, and accessible interfaces using TypeScript, React ...

PostgreSQL SRE

Hiring Organisation
Barclays Bank PLC
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
role can be based in our Knutsford or Glasgow office. Purpose of the role To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them. Accountabilities Availability, performance, and scalability of systems … services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning. Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring. Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience. Monitoring and optimisation of system ...