Security Engineer (Cyber Defence)

Role Overview

The Security Engineer in the Cyber Defence team is a senior hands-on defender working alongside the Head of Cyber security. They build, tune and operate the detection and response capability that protects BoyleSports against active threat.

What You Will Do

Design, write, test and tune detections across various platforms, run structured threat hunts, lead deep-dive investigations on alerts escalated from the Palo Alto MSSP, and stand on the bridge during P1 and P2 incidents.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a strong working knowledge of at least one major SIEM/XDR platform, practical experience investigating in AWS, scripting competence in Python, and a solid grounding in MITRE ATT&CK, the diamond model, and a structured approach to investigation.

Requirements

• Demonstrable hands-on experience as a SOC analyst (senior / tier 3), detection engineer, threat hunter or incident responder
• Strong working knowledge of at least one major SIEM/XDR platform and the query language behind it
• Practical experience investigating in AWS — CloudTrail, GuardDuty, VPC flow logs, EKS audit logs, IAM analysis
• Scripting competence in Python or an equivalent
• Solid grounding in MITRE ATT&CK, the diamond model and a structured approach to investigation