Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cyber Security Engineer Base location – Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading. Working pattern – 36 hours Monday to Friday. You must be able to obtain Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance to be eligible for this position. What you’ll be doing as a Senior Cyber Security Engineer Collaborate with stakeholders to design, implement and maintain security controls to meet business, compliance, and risk mitigation requirements; ensuring controls are effective, measurable, and operationally sustainable. Implement and maintain detection and response capabilities through SIEM integration with security controls and IT systems, with a focus on reducing time‑to‑detect and time‑to‑remediate through improved pre‑incident engineering. Participation in a 24×7 on‑call support rota, responding to SIEM health alerts and restoring log ingestion where required. Manage use cases, perform data enrichment, and define standardized and automated containment workflows. Develop and manage operational procedures and reporting methodology. Manage and oversee security technology platforms (e.g. SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and email security). Monitor ongoing control performance and coordinate remediation where gaps are found. Automate operation procedures and reporting processes and integrate outputs into risk reporting frameworks. Liaise with IT and OT teams to ensure controls are implemented according to agreed baselines. Align control design with industry standards, regulations, and best practices. (e.g. NIS, ISO27001, GDPR). Support audits, reviews, and assessments of security controls. Identify and implement improvements to control coverage and resilience. Proactively advise on technology, best practices, and delivery models. What you should bring to the role Experience in Security Engineering, with a focus on detection