1 to 25 of 30 Threat Detection Jobs in the South East

Principal Microsoft Defender XDR, IRM & Deception Engineer

Hiring Organisation
WTW
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
Deception Engineer, working within the Global Information and Cyber Security Defence (ICSD) function, is the technical leader for enterprise cyber deception and unified detection and response across the Microsoft security ecosystem. The role focuses on building, operating, and continuously evolving an enterprise-grade Insider Risk Management (IRM) and deception … Copilot. The role exists to detect adversaries earlier in the kill chain by deceiving attackers into engaging with high-fidelity traps, while delivering unified detection, automated investigation, and response across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud workloads. It combines deep deception engineering expertise with hands-on Defender XDR mastery ...

Security Analyst

Hiring Organisation
FryerMiles
Location
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Service Provider (MSP) to recruit a Security Analyst based in Reading. The successful candidate will play a key role in security operations, incident response, threat detection and automation, helping to protect customer environments while continuously improving security platforms and processes. Key Responsibilities Manage the full security incident lifecycle … from investigation through to resolution. Monitor, investigate and respond to security events across cloud, identity and endpoint environments. Design, implement and optimise SIEM detection rules to improve threat detection and reduce false positives. Develop and maintain security automation using SOAR platforms, Logic Apps, Python and APIs. Conduct ...

Senior Cyber Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Reed Technology
Location
South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
+ 15k Bonus | Hybrid UK A growing cyber security consultancy is seeking a Senior Cyber Consultant to help organisations enhance their Security Operations and threat detection capabilities. This is a client-facing role focused on designing and delivering SIEM, XDR and SOAR solutions, developing detection content, automating … security processes, and improving SOC effectiveness. You will lead detection engineering initiatives, create use cases aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, develop response playbooks, and implement Detection-as-Code best practices. Key Requirements Experience with SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel preferred) Strong KQL and detection engineering skills SOAR automation ...

Network Security Manager

Hiring Organisation
Pearson Whiffin IT & Digital
Location
Dartford, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£95,000
response activities, ensuring effective containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned. Develop, maintain, and test cyber incident response plans, procedures, and playbooks. Oversee security monitoring, threat detection, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management activities. Provide enterprise-wide oversight of network security technologies, controls, and architectures. Ensure the effective management … optimisation of firewalls, network access controls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, secure remote access solutions, and related security platforms. Lead investigations into security breaches, suspicious activity, and emerging threats. Drive continuous improvement across security operations processes, tooling, and capabilities. Produce security reporting, metrics, and risk-based recommendations for senior ...

Talent Acquisition Partner

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response. Sophos offers … industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively ...

Senior SOC Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Sopra Steria
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£55,000
most critical organisations. This is your opportunity to work at the frontline of cyber defence, investigating real-world threats, shaping detection capabilities, and helping drive the evolution of a mature and high-performing SOC. You'll be joining a collaborative team of cyber specialists who are passionate about defending … organisations from evolving threats. You'll have the opportunity to influence SOC strategy, enhance detection capabilities, develop your expertise, and work with cutting-edge security technologies in a fast-paced operational environment. Ready to make an impact? Join us and help protect systems that matter. Apply today and take ...

SOC Senior Analyst

Hiring Organisation
DXC
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
available throughout the hiring process. This is an opportunity to play a key role in protecting critical customer environments, leading complex investigations, driving proactive threat hunting activities, and helping shape the future of our security monitoring services. Were looking for someone who enjoys solving difficult security challenges, mentoring others … leading the investigation and response to sophisticated cyber threats and incidents. Youll work closely with internal security teams, customers, and stakeholders to continuously evolve detection capabilities, improve operational maturity, and ensure DXC continues to deliver a world-class security monitoring service. This role operates on a Monday to Friday ...

MDR Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Role Summary Sophos is seeking an experienced MDR Manager to support its Managed Detection and Response customers. The successful candidate will lead MDR analysts and day-to-day operations, ensuring operational quality, timely incident handling, effective customer communication, consistent reporting, and continuous service improvement. As part of the Managed … Detection and Response team, you will help deliver best-in-class monitoring, detection, and response services that proactively defend customer environments. You will guide investigations, review quality, coach analysts, manage escalations, and use operational insights to improve team performance, investigation consistency, and customer outcomes. What you will ...

SOC Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Specialist Computer Holdings Plc
Location
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 per day
Analyst - £500/day via Umbrella Short Term Contract - Hemel Hempstead (Onsite) - SCC Flex Contract We're looking for an experienced SOC Analyst/Detection Engineer to support the delivery of a prioritised detection engineering backlog across AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, Defender XDR, Dynatrace, and ServiceNow environments. Your … responsibilities as the SOC Analyst: Designing, developing, testing, and deploying detection use cases aligned to MITRE ATT&CK. Creating and optimising detection rules, alerts, and correlation logic across multiple security platforms. Developing detections for credential compromise, privilege escalation, persistence, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. Performing validation, tuning ...

Boundary Managed Service Lead

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Manage boundary security SLAs, ensuring 100% compliance with availability, performance and security targets Lead boundary security operations team, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and threat detection Manage boundary service P&L and resource allocation across multiple customer accounts Establish and maintain boundary service quality standards and operational procedures … Boundary Architecture & Security Design and implement boundary security architectures including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention and DDoS protection Architect boundary security solutions aligned with MOD security requirements and defence standards Design boundary traffic inspection, content filtering and advanced threat protection Lead boundary security assessments and vulnerability remediation Implement ...

L2 Security Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£220 per day
looking for a Cyber Security Implementation Engineer to play a key role in delivering cutting-edge AI-powered Security Operations capabilities. Working alongside Cyber Detection & Response, Cloud, Infrastructure, Network and Platform teams, you'll help implement intelligent detection, investigation and response technologies that enhance security operations across … third-party platforms into the security ecosystem. Coordinate service accounts, permissions and connectivity with Cloud, Infrastructure, Identity and Network teams. Validate AI-assisted detection, investigation and automated response workflows. Design and execute testing scenarios, attack simulations and operational readiness exercises. Identify integration issues, deployment risks and workflow improvements. Troubleshoot ...

IT Security Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Proactive Appointments
Location
West Drayton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£40,000 - £60,000 per annum
security incidents in collaboration with the wider IT team. Assisting with incident response, investigation, containment and recovery activities. Developing and improving cyber security monitoring, detection and alerting capabilities. Monitoring internal and external threat landscapes and reporting emerging risks. Researching and recommending new security technologies, trends and best practices. … broad range of security technologies, tools and controls. Good understanding of ISO27001 and/or other recognised Information Security frameworks. Experience in risk assessment, threat detection, vulnerability management and incident response. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to perform under pressure. Excellent communication skills with ...

IT Security Manager

Hiring Organisation
IT Talent Solutions
Location
Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£55000 - £72000/annum + Bens
enterprise IT environments Knowledge of identity & access management (IAM, MFA, RBAC, PAM) Experience with risk management and ISO 27001 compliance Understanding of incident response, threat detection, and DevSecOps practices Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical risk into business terms Desirable Certifications such as CISSP, CISM ...

Cyber Manager

Hiring Organisation
Malloy Aeronautics Ltd
Location
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
appropriately flowed down to suppliers, partners, and third-party service providers. 4. Operational Cyber Security Management Oversee operational security activities across multiple entities, including: Threat detection and monitoring Incident response and remediation Vulnerability identification and patch management Endpoint protection and hardening Network and boundary defence IDS/… research). Demonstrable experience managing cyber security in high-assurance and classified system environments. Strong experience across security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat detection. Technical knowledge of: Identity management and access controls PKI and cryptographic services SIEM platforms and log analytics Firewalls, boundary protection, and secure networking ...

Cyber Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Robert Half
Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
hybrid environments developing, implementing and maintaining cyber security strategy and governance (aligned to various frameworks e.g. ISO27001, NIST, Cyber Essentials) overseeing security operations (SOC, threat detection, vulnerability management etc.), and incident response plans risk management and compliance, ensuring compliance with various standards and frameworks About you Applicants ...

IT Cyber Security Manager - Space Agency

Hiring Organisation
Standard 8
Location
Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £70,000 per annum
particularly interested in experience across: Security operations and cyber defence Azure and AWS security Enterprise infrastructure and networking Identity and access management Threat detection and incident response Vulnerability management Security governance, risk and compliance Secure development and DevSecOps practices Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security would be advantageous. Background ...

SOC Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability NS&D
Location
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
threats quickly and efficiently. Install, configure and maintain security monitoring tools Ensure SOC tooling is optimised and operating effectively Support SIEM platforms and threat intelligence tooling Work with teams to assess risk and design security controls Apply updates, patches and follow change processes Stay current with emerging threats … your application to be submitted to our client in connection with this vacancy. KEY SKILLS SOC Engineer, SIEM, Sentinel, Splunk, Cyber Security, Security Monitoring, Threat Detection, Azure, AWS, Network Security ...

SIEM Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £700 per day
reliable security telemetry Develop custom parsers and data transformations to normalise and enrich ingested data Design and optimise KQL queries to support effective threat detection and investigation Create and maintain analytic rules and detection logic aligned to emerging threats and business use cases Develop Logic Apps ...

SIEM Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £700 per day
reliable security telemetry Develop custom parsers and data transformations to normalise and enrich ingested data Design and optimise KQL queries to support effective threat detection and investigation Create and maintain analytic rules and detection logic aligned to emerging threats and business use cases Develop Logic Apps ...

Senior Security Principal, Identity Security

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Leatherhead, England, United Kingdom
access. Lead or support investigations involving identity compromise, privileged account abuse, authentication systems, and directory services. Partner with security operations teams to improve identity threat detection, monitoring, and response capabilities using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and Microsoft Defender for Identity. Review security architecture for major cloud initiatives ...

Senior Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Circle Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £700 per day
configure, and manage Palo Alto Networks XSIAM platform to ensure optimal performance and security Develop and maintain security policies, rules, and configurations to enhance threat detection and response capabilities Integrate XSIAM with other security tools and information systems to automate security operations and workflows Conduct continuous monitoring … analysis of security alerts and incidents to identify trends and potential threats Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to share threat intelligence and improve overall security awareness Provide technical support and guidance on cybersecurity matters to IT and business units. Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats ...

Network Security Engineer - 9 months contract - Fully Remote

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Marlow, England, United Kingdom
capabilities and gaps Support development of bespoke solutions based on organisational exposure Work across network architecture to ensure secure design principles Contribute to improving detection and response capabilities (e.g. deception techniques) Key Experience: Strong background in network security engineering Experience with network traffic analysis and monitoring tools Solid understanding … network architecture and security principles Experience identifying vulnerabilities and implementing mitigations Ability to conduct independent security assessments Exposure to advanced detection techniques (e.g. deception, threat detection) Exposure to enterprise NetSec vendors - Palo Alto/Zscaler/Darktrace/Forescout #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

IAM Architect - Infrastructure & Access Management

Hiring Organisation
Precise Placements
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £116,000 per annum
enterprise applications Owning global firewall design and architecture Architecting and enhancing Privileged Access Management (PAM) capabilities, including approval workflows and continuous monitoring Championing Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solutions to proactively mitigate identity-based attacks Guiding the hardening of multi-site Active Directory domains/forests ...

Senior Microsoft 365 Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
Up to £500.0 per day + Paying up to £500 Per Day
Microsoft 365 estate within a high value research environment. Acting as the organisation's trusted specialist, you will oversee identity protection, access governance, cloud threat defence and compliance across Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, Microsoft Defender, Purview and related services. You will be responsible for diagnosing complex issues … need to succeed You will bring substantial hands on experience in Microsoft 365 security, with a deep understanding of identity protection, access control, threat detection and compliance You'll have operated in complex or hybrid environments and will be fully confident configuring, troubleshooting and enhancing services such ...

M365 Security Engineer (SC)

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
Up to £500.0 per day + Paying up to £500 Per Day
Microsoft 365 estate within a high value research environment. Acting as the organisation's trusted specialist, you will oversee identity protection, access governance, cloud threat defence and compliance across Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, Microsoft Defender, Purview and related services. You will be responsible for diagnosing complex issues … need to succeed You will bring substantial hands on experience in Microsoft 365 security, with a deep understanding of identity protection, access control, threat detection and compliance You'll have operated in complex or hybrid environments and will be fully confident configuring, troubleshooting and enhancing services such ...