CareerPlan

Lead Security Operations Engineer

United KingdomRemoteFull-time2026-08-12 → 2026-11-08

Core

Define and deliver the end-to-end Security Operations roadmap, building detection, response, and investigation capabilities to protect a fast-growing fintech.

Role type

Lead Security Operations Engineer (Strategy & Hands-on IC)

Builds

Detection and response capabilities, SIEM/log pipelines, automation workflows, and dashboards for risk visibility.

Domain

Fintech, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security (AWS/GCP)

Required skills

Security operations strategy, incident response, digital forensics, SIEM management, log pipeline design, cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), automation/coding, threat modeling, compliance gap analysis

Preferred skills

Fintech/payments/fraud experience, highly regulated environment exposure, red/blue team background, AI usage in security

Technologies

MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS benchmarks, SIEM, WAF, DLP, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Build and own SecOps roadmap based on frameworks; lead security investigations and forensics; design and scale SIEM/logging pipelines; strengthen perimeter and authentication posture; implement DLP controls; improve on-call rotation and alerting; automate detection and response workflows; reduce risk from compliance gaps; build dashboards for risk visibility; translate threat models for non-security engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope