About this role
Salary: £52,000 - 58,500 per year
Requirements: Strong experience within a Security Operations (SOC) environmentHands-on experience investigating and responding to security incidentsExperience with Microsoft Defender XDR and security monitoring platformsKnowledge of threat hunting methodologies and detection engineeringExperience working with network security technologies, ideally ZscalerUnderstanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) principles and technologiesExperience supporting or administering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controlsFamiliarity with Microsoft security technologies and cloud environments Responsibilities: Investigate and respond to escalated security incidents and eventsPerform event-based and policy-based threat hunting activitiesDevelop and maintain threat detections within Microsoft Defender XDRSupport network security monitoring and detection capabilities using ZscalerAnalyse security alerts, identify risks, and coordinate remediation activitiesProvide technical and operational support for Identity & Access Management (IAM) initiativesSupport Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programmes and associated controlsCollaborate with Infrastructure, Security and Technology teams to strengthen overall security postureContribute to continuous improvement of security monitoring, detection and response capabilitiesAssist with security investigations, reporting and operational security processes Technologies: AICloudIAMSupportNetworkSecurity More:
We are recruiting for a Security Operations Engineer to join a highly regulated client on a contract basis. This is a hybrid role with 3 days onsite at Bank Station or in our Liverpool office, offered at £350-£400 per day outside IR35 for an initial 6-month contract with potential extension. You will help safeguard critical business systems across Microsoft and hybrid environments through proactive threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, and operational support of core security programmes. We use experienced recruiters to match the best people to roles and we do not use AI to filter or assess candidates.
last updated 32 week of 2026