SecOps Engineer

Context Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
Last month
£70,000 – £75,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 – £75,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
27 Apr 2026 (Last month)

SecOps Engineer - Central London (hybrid 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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