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Senior Security Operations Engineer

Risk Ledger
Location
London
Posted
2 months ago
Department
Operations
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years' experience in Security Operations, Security Engineering or Incident Response, ideally within a customer-focused SaaS organisation
  • Strong hands-on experience securing cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP)
  • Deep experience with security monitoring, SIEM platforms, EDR, detection engineering, alert triage and incident response
  • Experience building or improving operational security capabilities rather than simply operating existing tooling
  • Experience with security tooling including SIEM, EDR, DLP, MDM and cloud security platforms
  • Experience automating security processes using scripting or software engineering skills (Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Bash or similar)
Nice to have
  • Experience designing security architecture for cloud-native platforms
  • Experience building or operating detection engineering programmes
  • Threat hunting or purple team experience
  • Experience with CNAPP, CSPM or exposure management platforms
  • Experience with eBPF or modern observability tooling
What the job really is

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer at Risk Ledger, you will be responsible for enhancing the security of the company's products and operations. Your role will involve managing security operations, improving incident response and vulnerability management, and developing scalable security capabilities. You will collaborate with various teams to embed secure practices and mentor colleagues while also focusing on long-term security architecture improvements.

Benefits
  • Competitive base salary
  • Generous EMI equity package
  • Private pension
  • 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Additional 30 days of unpaid leave per year to use as you wish
  • Ad-hoc companywide time off over the festive period
Things to weigh
  • No specific salary figure mentioned beyond the range of £90,000 - £100,000 GBP
  • The role involves significant collaboration across teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills.
  • The position is in a scale-up environment, which can mean a fast-paced and potentially ambiguous work setting.
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