Senior Security Operations Incident Response Engineer (26678) in London

Job Overview: We are seeking a seasoned Senior Security Operations Incident Response Engineer to join our cybersecurity team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in leading and coordinating our incident response efforts, ensuring the security and integrity of our systems and data. This position requires a dynamic individual who can perform comprehensive technical analysis, develop strategic response procedures, and stay ahead of emerging security threats. 

Responsibilities: 

• Lead and coordinate security incident response efforts in collaboration with cross-functional teams, driving efficient resolution and ensuring minimal impact to operations. 
• Perform comprehensive technical analysis, including digital forensic investigations on a variety of assets such as endpoints, mobile devices, and servers. 
• Develop and refine incident response strategies and procedures to ensure rapid identification, containment, remediation, and eradication of security incidents. 
• Proactively research and stay abreast of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and adversary tactics, using both internal and external resources to inform security measures. 
• Engage in threat hunting activities, leveraging intelligence and analysis techniques to uncover latent threats and anomalous behaviour within the environment. 
• Contribute to the organisation's detection engineering and automation efforts by utilising insights gained from incidents and threat hunting to enhance preventative controls, detection, and automation capabilities. 
• Mentor and develop less experienced SecOps responders, fostering skill growth and encouraging knowledge sharing in incident response and security analysis. 
• Be willing to participate in on-call duties, as required, to maintain continuous operations and swift incident response. 

• Requirements: 

  • Education & Certifications: Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or relevant experience with certifications such as  CompTIA Cysa+, BTL1/BTL2, GIAC - Certified Incident Handler, or Cloud Security credentials. 
  • Experience: 4+ years in cybersecurity, with a strong background in incident response and digital forensics. Experience in a retail or similarly regulated sector is a plus. Experience with cloud incident response is highly desirable. 
  • Security Tools & Platforms: Proficient with EDR, NDR, SIEM, SOAR, and familiarity with major cloud services (Azure and AWS). 
  • Forensics & Incident Handling: Demonstrable skills in digital forensics, including network and host-based forensics, malware analysis, and incident remediation strategies (Desirable). 
  • Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills for effective incident detection, analysis, and response. 
  • Communication: Clear communicator able to articulate complex security issues to non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Leadership: Proven ability to lead incident response teams and mentor junior staff in a dynamic environment. 
  • Adaptability: Capability to manage high-pressure situations and adapt to rapidly changing security landscapes. 

• Pension company contribution = 3%
• Incentive scheme up to 10% of annual salary, based on company performance.
• Your wellbeing is paramount so you can get away and take 33 Days Holiday per year.
• Private Medical Care (Self after 1 year)
• Learning and Development opportunity with Holland & Barrett is a great base for career development long term.
• Career progression.
• Refer and Earn Scheme - as we're growing you can earn money by referring people to join us from your network.
• Epic Extras gives you access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers.
• Stay healthy with Discounted Products - from day one you'll get a 25% discount (on top of other promotions) when you shop at H&B on anything that you buy.
• We all need a little help sometimes, so we offer Free 24/7 Confidential Advice & Colleague Welfare.
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have lots of qualified Mental Health First Aiders because its all about your health & wellbeing.
• Stay active in the Onsite Gym at our Nuneaton Hub!
• We have colleague Reward and Recognition Schemes, so your hard work and loyalty won't go unnoticed.
• And many more!

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.