Job Description
Role Overview An international organisation is seeking a hands‑on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen and mature its security capabilities across cloud, identity, and operational environments. Fully remote (reporting into a hiring manager based in another region). This is a pivotal role focused on building centralised visibility , improving detection and response , and preparing the organisation for a future managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) capability. You will work across cloud security, identity, endpoints, and infrastructure, while acting as a key technical partner to an external managed SOC provider. As the security function evolves, this role offers a clear progression path toward Cybersecurity Architect or Security Lead . Key Responsibilities: Security Monitoring & Detection Design and implement centralised security monitoring (SIEM or equivalent) Prepare environments for successful managed SOC integration Improve detection use cases to increase signal quality and reduce noise Enhance visibility across cloud, identity, and operational systems Managed SOC Integration Act as the primary technical liaison for the managed SOC provider Support SOC onboarding, log ingestion, tuning, and use‑case development Validate alerts, incident handling, and reporting outputs Continuously refine detection fidelity and response effectiveness Cloud Security Manage and optimise cloud‑based security controls Improve web application security, bot protection, and traffic filtering Monitor and analyse traffic patterns to identify threats and anomalies Strengthen resilience against denial‑of‑service and abuse scenarios Identity & Collaboration Platform Security Enhance identity protection and conditional access controls Improve email security and anti‑phishing defences Strengthen audit logging, monitoring, and investigation workflows Support investigations into user activity and account compromise Incident Response & Operational Security Establish internal incident resp