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Security Operations Specialist ( L3 )

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60000 - £65000/annum healthcare
This position focuses on security monitoring, incident investigation, threat analysis, and operational security improvement. The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert for cyber security operations, supporting both proactive and reactive security activities while helping to enhance the organisation's overall security … cybersecurity, they are committed to maintaining a secure and resilient environment that supports business growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Description Investigating and responding to security incidents escalated through the Security Operations function. Performing detailed security event analysis and identifying potential threats or areas requiring further investigation. ...

Cyber Security Specialist

Hiring Organisation
DB Cargo Uk
Location
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£75,000
Title: Cyber Security Specialist Location : Doncaster Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 per year Job Type: Full Time, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract At DB Cargo UK, we keep the UK moving. As the UK's leading rail freight operator, we provide safe, reliable and sustainable rail logistics services that … support businesses, communities and the wider economy. We are investing in our technology, resilience and cyber security capability and are looking for an experienced Cyber Security Specialist to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a key role within our IT Governance & Security ...

Security Operations Implementation Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Exceed Cyber limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£800 - £900/day
transformation programme for a UK Government Department. We are seeking an experienced Security Operations Implementation Planning Consultant to translate high-level SecOps transition strategies into detailed, actionable implementation plans across multiple security services. This role requires a strong understanding of enterprise Security Operations, combined … ability to develop practical, sequenced delivery roadmaps that can be executed by operational teams. Key Responsibilities Develop detailed, low-level implementation plans for SecOps services, including Security Engineering, Threat & Vulnerability Management and security testing. Translate strategic objectives into clear, sequenced activities, milestones, dependencies and deliverables across a multi ...

Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Security Engineer (SOC/SIEM) £450 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector environments. This role sits at the intersection … Security Operations, SIEM engineering, and cloud-based data engineering, offering the opportunity to work on large-scale security monitoring platforms and cloud-native security solutions. The Role As a Security Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, optimising, and maintaining security telemetry ...

Cyber Security Analyst

Hiring Organisation
VIQU IT
Location
London, Portsoken, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£350 - £400/day
Cyber Security Analyst – 2-month contract – Remote/London – Inside of IR35 My Client is looking for a Cyber Security Analyst to support day-to-day BAU security operations, with a primary focus on Rapid7, SIEM monitoring, vulnerability management and security investigations . They have … backlog of alerts, so they are looking for someone with strong SIEM, vulnerability and investigation skills. Key Skills & Experience from the Cyber Security Analyst: Strong hands-on experience with Rapid7 and SIEM platforms . (Monitoring alerts and investigation) Proven experience in alert triage, security investigations and vulnerability management ...

Cyber Incident Manager

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/day
Manager to join a high-profile programme supporting a secure government environment. The successful candidate will lead the coordination, management, and resolution of cyber security incidents, ensuring rapid response, stakeholder engagement, and continuous service improvement. This role requires a proactive individual with strong communication skills, experience managing complex cyber … incidents, and the ability to operate effectively within secure and highly regulated environments. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end management of cyber security incidents and major security events. Coordinate technical response teams during security incidents, ensuring timely containment, eradication, and recovery activities. Act as the primary ...

Detection Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Clearance Required London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is looking for a Detection Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector services. This role offers a unique blend of detection engineering and SOC operations , providing the opportunity to develop … optimise advanced detection capabilities while helping protect large-scale cloud environments. Working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), you'll be responsible for building and tuning detections, investigating security incidents, and improving the effectiveness of security monitoring across AWS and Splunk environments. The Role ...

OpenAI Engineer (Cyber Security)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
OpenAI Engineer (Cyber Security) - SC Cleared Remote | SC Cleared | Up to £445 per day (IR35) Are you passionate about applying cutting-edge AI technologies to solve real-world cyber security challenges? We are looking for an experienced OpenAI Engineer (Cyber AI) to play a key role in shaping … enabled cyber defence within a large public sector environment. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of Generative AI , Cyber Security Operations , and Innovation , developing intelligent solutions that enhance Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities. Working alongside Solution Architects, Business Analysts and Cyber Security ...

Cyber Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day
Cyber Security Engineer Hybrid - 4 days on-site p/w in London Initial Contract to 30 April 2027 Inside IR35 - £544.83pd Umbrella Rate Are you a cyber security engineer who enjoys owning a tool from deployment through to day-to-day operation, and then replacing it with … something better? We're recruiting a contract Senior Cyber Security Tooling Engineer for the IT Security team of a leading financial services organisation in London. The team is taking on management of a wide estate of security tooling across network, email, endpoint and web, plus platforms that ...

Cyber Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Limited
Location
London, Coleman Street, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550/day
Cyber Security Engineer Hybrid - 4 days on-site p/w in London Initial Contract to 30 April 2027 Inside IR35 - £544.83pd Umbrella Rate Are you a cyber security engineer who enjoys owning a tool from deployment through to day-to-day operation, and then replacing it with … something better? We're recruiting a contract Senior Cyber Security Tooling Engineer for the IT Security team of a leading financial services organisation in London. The team is taking on management of a wide estate of security tooling across network, email, endpoint and web, plus platforms that ...

AWS Cloud Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Cloud Security Engineer £650pd Inside IR35 Contract SC Clearance Required (Used Within Last 12 Months) Hybrid Working | Occasional London Travel Start Date: November 2026 | Contract Until March 2027 A leading consultancy is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Security Engineer to support a major Home Office programme focused … migrating a large-scale product estate into a new AWS environment. This is a high-profile cloud transformation initiative, requiring a security-focused engineer to help design, implement, and maintain a robust security posture across the organisation's core cloud platforms. The successful candidate will work across cloud ...

Cyber Design Lead

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450.0 - £500.0 per day + 500
requires someone comfortable presenting solutions to Design Authorities, senior stakeholders, and leadership teams, while providing technical leadership across cybersecurity transformation programmes. Essential Experience Cyber Security Architecture Strong cybersecurity background in one or more of: Identity & Access Management (IAM) Security Operations & Incident Response Threat & Vulnerability Management Cloud Security Infrastructure Security Network Security Application Security Data Security Cryptography Experience working on large-scale IT and cyber transformation programmes. Strong understanding of both Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture. Ability to communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Knowledge of security ...

Senior Cyber Security Analyst / Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60000 - £65000/annum healthcare
This position focuses on cyber incident investigation, remediation, and operational security improvement. Be the escalation point of the external MSSP. This is a 1 year FTC role with high potential to extend. Client Details Our client is a well-established and respected professional services organisation with a strong national … presence and a reputation for delivering high-quality solutions to a broad client base. Description Investigate and respond to security incidents escalated through the Security Operations function. Perform detailed security event analysis and identifying potential threats or areas requiring further investigation. Work closely with external security ...

Lead Technical Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Camberley, Surrey, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
enthusiastic individual with excellent technical and client-facing skills, to act as Lead Technical Engineer to lead high and low level design work for Security Operations Centre solutions delivered to customers. The person undertaking the role will be expected to lead technology designs utilising small teams. Leading … design of a range of security and security related solutions across High level designs, Low level design and Deployment Level Designs, including specification of interfaces between solution components. Support the design and configuration of a range of security tools Specify infrastructure requirements (RAM, Disk, CPU, Network bandwidth ...

Security Engineer - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Security Engineer (SOC/Data Engineering) £450 per day | Outside IR35 | 9-Month Contract | Active SC Clearance Required London (1 day per month onsite) A leading consultancy is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security programme supporting critical public sector environments. This … role sits at the intersection of Security Operations, SIEM engineering, and cloud-based data engineering, offering the opportunity to work on large-scale security monitoring platforms and cloud-native security solutions. The Role As a Security Engineer, you will play a key role in designing ...

Lead Cloud Detection & Threat Modelling Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Smart Sourcer Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Engineer AWS, Azure, Sentinel, Elastic Stack, SOAR platforms 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract £110k-£120k pro rata 100% remote Build Detection Engineering, Threat Modelling & Security Automation Across Azure and AWS We're looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Detection Engineer to help mature and scale our cloud security … into Threat Modelling & Detection Engineering and is passionate about threat detection, attack path analysis, automation, and incident response engineering. Working closely with the CISO, Security Engineering team and SOC partners, you'll own the end-to-end lifecycle of threat detection, from threat modelling and attack simulation through ...

Incident Response Specialist

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475 - £525/day Inside IR35
months + +Inside IR35 +£60 - £70 ph +On site in London We are seeking an experienced Incident Response Specialist to provide hands-on Security Operations Centre (SOC) and incident response support across endpoint, cloud and application environments. The successful candidate will investigate and respond to cyber security threats, with a particular focus on macOS endpoints, Linux cloud workloads, microservices and containerised environments. You will work closely with security and technical teams to assess incidents, support containment and remediation, and improve threat detection and response capabilities. Key Responsibilities Monitor security alerts, perform triage and investigate ...

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
First Military Recruitment Ltd
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Senior Infrastructure Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. We are seeking an Engineer with strong Azure, Windows Server, Linux, networking and endpoint security experience to support enterprise infrastructure platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. The role will focus on deploying and supporting XDR agents, Azure … Windows and Linux servers. Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics Workspaces, Data Collection Rules (DCRs), dashboards and alerting solutions. Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity and security events. Support operational monitoring and reporting across enterprise environments. Deploy, configure, upgrade and maintain XDR/EDR agents across Windows and Linux server environments. ...

Security Technical Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£230 - £300/day Negotiable
Title: Security Technical Analyst/Security Consulting Practitioner Location: London, Birmingham, or Sheffield (Hybrid: 3 days per week in-office) Contract Duration: 6 months About the Role We are seeking an experienced Security Consulting Practitioner to guide clients on their business protection journey by shaping security … support, perfect for a subject matter expert who excels at cross-functional collaboration and complex problem-solving. Key Responsibilities Strategy & Consulting: Develop and refine security strategies that align seamlessly with business objectives and emerging cyber threats. Solution Design & Implementation: Lead the design of innovative security solutions and provide ...

SOC Monitoring Analyst - DV Cleared

Hiring Organisation
Identifi Global Resources Ltd
Location
Preston, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 per day
IR35 - around £400 a day DOE 6 months duration with probability to discuss extension Location - Preston, onsite everyday Please be aware that due to security vetting requirements - we can only consider UK nationals with an active DV clearance Role Overview We are seeking an experienced SOC Analyst to play … pivotal role in the operation, and continuous improvement of a critical Security Operations Centre (SOC) supporting MOD programme. You will be hands on responsible for Vulnerability Management, incident management, and SOC services meet agreed quality and assurance standards within a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities ...

LEAD DATA SCIENTIST

Hiring Organisation
EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 per day
Role Purpose Lead the design, engineering, and operationalization of enterprise Security Knowledge Graphs that connect security telemetry, assets, identities, vulnerabilities, threats, controls, and incidents into a trusted intelligence layer. The role is highly hands-on and combines data science, graph engineering, cybersecurity analytics, semantic modeling, and technical leadership … enable attack-path analysis, threat investigation, exposure prioritization, GraphRAG, and AI-assisted security operations. Key Responsibilities Design the Security Knowledge Graph architecture, ontology, taxonomy, entity model, relationship model, provenance model, and lifecycle standards. Build production-grade graph ingestion and transformation pipelines for SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM/ ...

Offensive Security Researcher

Hiring Organisation
Synergize Consulting Limited
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
cleared Red Team Operator/Offensive Security Consultant Bristol HQ (3-4 days a week onsite) with travel to local sites Up to £86 p/h Inside IR35 Are you an experienced DV CLEARED Red Team Operator or Offensive Security Specialist looking for your next challenge … national security and defence? Were looking for a technically strong offensive security professional to deliver red team operations, adversary simulations and advanced security assessments within complex defence and government environments. This is an opportunity to use your expertise to simulate realistic cyber threats, identify vulnerabilities ...

Defender XDR Trainer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£200 - £500 per day
days Location - London We are looking to engage an experienced Microsoft Defender XDR specialist to design and deliver practical operational training for an internal security team. This is not necessarily a dedicated trainer position. We are open to speaking with experienced security practitioners who have significant hands … confidence and capability within the team, enabling them to manage day to day alerts, investigate incidents effectively and make informed decisions when handling potential security events. Desired outcome: The overarching goal is to provide the team with a solid understanding of the Defender portals and day to day operations. ...

Senior SIEM Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Birmingham (Hybrid) | 6 Months | Inside IR35 Our client, a leading technology organisation is looking for a Senior SIEM Engineer to support a large-scale security monitoring platform. Responsibilities: Develop and optimise SIEM solutions Build and manage log ingestion pipelines Enhance threat detection, alerts and dashboards Support platform automation … performance tuning Work closely with Security Operations teams Key Skills: SIEM Engineering/Security Monitoring Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) Kafka Kubernetes Scripting & Automation Ansible, Helm, ArgoCD or GitLab CI/CD Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills Ideal for candidates from SIEM Engineer, Security Engineer, Detection Engineer ...

Cyber Security Operations Coordinator

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£17.81 - 26.27 per hour + None
Channel Operations Coordinator £17.81 - £26.27 per hour We're currently recruiting for a Operations Coordinator role to support the sales team of a multinational cybersecurity provider. You would be responsible for supporting the execution of partner program communications, enablement activities, promotions, reporting, and operational processes. Working closely with … enablement activities. Support the organisation and execution of partner events, partner connects, and virtual campaigns. Experience Requirements: Professional experience in sales support, channel operations, administration, customer service, marketing, or a related business function. Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related discipline preferred Previous internship ...