Security Operations Engineer

Salary - £50,000
Full time, Permanent
Package Description

• Up to 15% discretionary annual bonus
  
• 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)
  
• 25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays (option to buy/sell 5 days)
  
• Private Medical Cover
  
• Healthcare cash plan
  
• 6x salary death in service
  
• Paid volunteering day
  
• A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with an NHS-registered, private GP
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers
  Job Introduction
  We have an exciting opportunity for a Security Operations Engineer to join our Information Security based in Leeds!
  The role of a Security Operations Engineer is all about protecting the company’s digital assets. You'll be in charge of managing and maintaining security tools, as well as making sure they work well together. You’ll also play a key part in securing delivery pipelines—offering strategic input on projects and helping to integrate DevSecOps practices into the development process.
  To succeed in this role, you’ll need a solid understanding of security principles and practices so you can effectively detect, respond to, and prevent threats. You'll be working closely with teams like security operations, incident response, and development, all to help strengthen the company’s overall security.
  Main Responsibilities
  As our new Security Operations Engineer, you will also:
  
• You’ll be responsible for handling the implementation, integration, maintenance, and management of security tools like SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management platforms.
  
• Assist security analysts and incident command team with ongoing alerts of note and incidents
  
• You’ll collaborate with analysts and management to create and fine-tune detections, ensuring that the security posture is constantly evaluated and updated to stay in line with the evolving threat landscape.
  
• Provide recommendations on containment and hardening actions to be taken, in relation to security incidents
  
• You’ll collaborate with analysts and management to create and fine-tune detections, ensuring that the security posture is constantly evaluated and updated to stay in line with the evolving threat landscape.
  
• You’ll support Security Operations Analysts, the Incident Command Team, and any connected third-party service providers during incident response activities.
  The Ideal Candidate
  We are looking for:
  
• You should have strong IT skills, including a solid understanding of computer networks, operating systems, software, hardware, and security.
  
• You should have extensive hands-on experience with security tools and technologies, like SIEM, IDS/IPS, and firewalls and experience of working in Agile development environments.
  
• You should have experience reviewing security controls and implementing hardening measures based on industry standard benchmarks.
  
• You should be familiar with security domains, auditing standards, and risk analysis frameworks, such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, PCI DSS, and others.
  
• Verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with an ability to communicate with a range of technical and non-technical team members and other relevant individuals
  About The Company
  About the Team
  Technology is at the heart of our organisation. It empowers our colleagues to deliver the best in class service to our Members, whether that be through our systems, platforms and architecture or robust data insights to help influence business decisions.
  It is a very exciting time to get involved in our Member Experience, Digital and Data (MEDD) division, as the team are currently developing new Cloud-based architecture, introducing a new CRM system that will allow for better cross-team collaboration and streamlining our Member journey through customer-centric product development.
  How MEDD work
  We offer a truly-flexible hybrid working arrangement that is centred around our colleagues’ work-life balance. Technology allows us to collaborate effectively regardless of location, but we know sometimes you can’t beat being with your team in-person and our team tends to come on-site once or twice a month. However, we expect this can fluctuate throughout the year depending on our projects and current work.
  The Medical Protection Society Ltd (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 members around the world.
  We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning member’s subscriptions are either invested into bettering the organisation, colleagues and products, or kept safe should members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.
  Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit members and the wider healthcare professions.
  To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want colleagues to feel empowered to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and be determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring members best interests are at the core.
  Closing Date 31 December 2025