Cyber Defense Engineer

Job Description

Cyber Defence Engineer

Horsham/London - Hybrid (3 DPW)

Up to £65,000

VIQU are partnering with a leading financial services organisation looking to strengthen its Cyber Defence capabilities through the appointment of a Cyber Defence Engineer. This role will focus on engineering and optimising security tooling across cloud and on-premises environments, improving threat detection, monitoring and visibility. Working closely with offensive and defensive security teams, you will turn findings from threat hunting, red team exercises and threat intelligence into practical security improvements.

Key Responsibilities of the Cyber Defence Engineer:

Develop and improve threat detection capabilities across SIEM, endpoint and cloud security platforms

Configure and optimise security tooling to improve monitoring, visibility and threat detection

Develop custom queries, analytics and alerting to identify potential security threats

Maintain and validate logging and telemetry pipelines across cloud and on-premises environments

Support vulnerability management, application security testing and attack surface management

Implement recommendations from red team exercises, threat hunting and threat intelligence activities

Translate emerging threats into improved detection rules and security controls

Support security tool integrations and automation initiatives

Collaborate with Cyber Defence, Infrastructure and Architecture teams to strengthen security capabilities

Key Experience Required of the Cyber Defence Engineer:

Experience in Cyber Defence Engineering, Security Engineering, Detection Engineering or a similar role

Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, ideally Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender

Proficiency in Kusto Query Language (KQL), including custom queries and detection logic

Experience working with Azure and associated cloud security services

Strong understanding of security monitoring, logging and threat detection

Experience with vulnerability scanning, vulnerability management or application security testing tools

Scripting or automation experience using Python, PowerShell or similar

Understanding of threat intelligence, threat hunting and the MITRE ATT&CK framework

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across technical teams

Apply now for the Cyber Defence Engineer to speak with VIQU IT in confidence, or reach out to Fay Toomey via the VIQU IT website.

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