Lead SecOps Engineer

Role: Lead SecOps Engineer

Location: London, 1-2 days p/w

Salary: up to £90,000 fixed + 15-20% bonus + benefits

Reporting Line: Head of Security Operations

Lawrence Harvey are partnered with a fast growing financial services firm that are searching for a hands-on, cloud-first Security Operations Engineer that wants to provide the technical leadership and expertise to help grow their cyber defence capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and optimisation of security operations tooling and workflows
• Design and improve SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, logging, and detection engineering capabilities
• Develop and tune security detections, alerting logic, and incident response playbooks
• Support threat hunting, incident investigations, and forensic analysis activities
• Improve operational visibility across cloud, infrastructure, endpoints, and identity platforms
• Automate security operations processes to improve response times and operational efficiency
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a high-performing SecOps culture

Key Requirements:

• Strong experience, preferably 5+ years of experience within Security Operations, Detection Engineering, or Security Engineering roles
• Hands-on experience with Google SecOps tooling across SIEM/SOAR
• Experience with EDR/XDR tooling including CrowdStrike, Defender, SentinelOne, or similar
• Strong understanding of incident response, threat detection, and operational security
• Experience across cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Scripting or automation experience using Python, PowerShell, or similar
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, evolving, or brownfield environment

Not all of the above requirements are required, but if you've got experience across a few - still apply!

Excellent opportunity for those who want to use their SecOps expertise to build and scale a Cyber Defence function; contributing towards the Head of SecOps' roadmap for Q3 & Q4 of this year, and the CISO's overall cyber strategy for 2027.

Apply using the link or send a resume to j.walsh@lawrenceharvey.com