Senior Cyber Security Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cyber Security Engineer to support a Local Council in East London. This role is critical in maximising the value of a newly established outsourced Security Operations Centre (SOC) partnership, ensuring effective integration, optimisation, and knowledge transfer across the internal team.

Following a recent team departure, this position will provide senior-level technical leadership to enhance security operations, strengthen internal capability, and drive forward cyber resilience., * Lead deployment, configuration, and optimisation of endpoint protection using CrowdStrike Falcon

• Collaborate with SOC partner to design and enhance Splunk dashboards, alerts, and data models
• Act as escalation point for high-severity incidents, driving rapid detection and response
• Develop SOAR workflows to automate and streamline security operations
• Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify hidden risks
• Upskill internal teams in CrowdStrike, Splunk, and security analysis best practices

• 5+ years in Cyber Security Engineering or SOC (Tier 3) roles
• Strong hands-on expertise with CrowdStrike (Falcon Prevent, Insight, Discover)
• Advanced Splunk skills, including SPL and Enterprise Security (ES)
• Solid understanding of networking, cloud security (AWS/Azure), and MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience in vulnerability assessment (desirable)
• Exposure to penetration testing and web application security (desirable), * Cyber security certifications (e.g. Security+, CySA+, CISSP, GCIH, CCSP)
• CrowdStrike certifications (e.g. CCFA, CCFR, CCSE) - preferred
• Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer - required

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.