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Up to £70,000 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

Please note; this role is 4 days per week onsite initially (dropping to 3 once passed probation). Working hours are 08:00 - 17:00

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