SecOps Engineer

Context Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
6 months ago
Posted
20 Nov 2025 (6 months ago)

SecOps Engineer - Central London (hyrbid working)

Up to £75,000 PA

Well-established and highly profitable construction engineering business is seeking an experienced SecOps Engineer to join them on a permanent basis. This is a critical leadership role within an organisation undergoing significant digital transformation, with ambitious growth and acquisition plans driving demand for scalable, standardised and efficient business applications.

This role is ideal for a proactive security professional with strong technical expertise across application, network and infrastructure security. You will play a key part in implementing security controls, mitigating risk and contributing to the continuous improvement of the company's overall security posture.

Responsibilities:

Monitor security tools including SIEM (QRadar) and respond to threat detection alerts

Triage, analyse and prioritise security (via ServiceNow)

Investigate root causes of security issues and design effective remediation solutions

Oversee Patch Management

Conduct vulnerability scans with Qualys, analyse results and prioritise remediation

Document SecOps processes and create knowledge base articles in line with best practices

Automate security tasks and toolchains using scripting (PowerShell, Batch, etc.)

Collaborate with external SOC teams

Prepare post-incident reports and root cause analyses

Manage end-user device (EUD) security via MS Intune, Sophos and NinjaOne

Schedule and assess vulnerability scans on critical infrastructure

Maintain patching compliance for OS, Microsoft Office and third-party applications

Support infrastructure teams to deploy systems, enhance security policies and manage security-driven changes

Produce weekly security operations reports

Manage Cisco Umbrella web filtering and SSL inspection policies

Requirements:

Previous hands-on experience in SecOps or Incident Response

Recognised Security certifications such as Security+, CEH, or Microsoft security certifications

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows OS security and hardening

Working PowerShell scripting ability for automation tasks

Solid understanding of cloud-native security across M365, Azure and AWS

Experience with enterprise IT infrastructure

Any experience with the following will be highly favoured:

Strong experience with Qualys

Exposure to Varonis

Network security knowledge or relevant certifications (TCP/IP, VPNs, routing, segmentation)

Experience working with ServiceNow

Initially 4 days per week onsite, dropping to 3 once passed probation (this is not negotiable)

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