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# Associate Director, Cyber Security Operations Engineer

- **Company:** Deloitte
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Security Information and Event Management, Cybercrime, Microsoft Sentinel, Data Management, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://apply.deloitte.co.uk/UKCareers/Login?jobId=25535

## About the Role

Your professional experience

 * Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
 * Strong experience in leading security engineering teams.
 * Strong Understanding of Security Operations working within or alongside Security Operations Centre(s).
 * Strong experience developing Security Operating Platforms
 * Extensive Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR and Data Management Tooling, preferably Google SecOps (formerly Chronicle/Simplify), Crowdstrike, Wiz, Cribl, Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR.
 * Holds Government Security clearance, or willingness to undergo the security vetting process
 * Strong general commercial awareness
 * Ability to manage suppliers and/or third parties

Soft skills:

 * Able to represent Deloitte with authority and credibility
 * A leader
 * A collaborator
 * A listener
 * Sees the solution not just the problems
 * Ability to see the situation from the client's perspective
 * Attention to detail and multitasking skills
 * Able to make decisions, make commitments and take action
 * Applies knowledge of products/services, customer needs, and technology, to capitalise on opportunities
 * Ability to balance priorities
 * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

## Description

As a Principle Security Operations Engineer at Deloitte you will lead our security operation engineering function working with clients and internal stakeholders/teams to engineer the right requirements based solutions. As a trusted advisor and leader you will act as a key enabler for the effective and efficient delivery of our Detection & Response services, handling service engagements with confidence.

 * Be responsible for bringing thought leadership, influence our approach and delivering innovative solutions.
 * Serve as a technical leader for the holistic Security Operations platform and supporting security tooling.
 * Lead the engineering team in building, maintaining and continuously improving the technology stack.
 * Foster a culture of innovation and high performance.
 * Actively seek to improve and develop new content based upon observed security activity.
 * Drive innovation through researching and developing new technologies and advanced analytic techniques.
 * Deliver new ways of using data and advanced analytic technologies effectively to support analyst/threat hunting workflows.
 * Refine existing and develop new data models, leveraging big data models, Machine Learning and AI.
 * Responsible for establishing and growing client relationships and an understanding of the client's needs.
 * Develop positive working relationships with Deloitte and client teams.
 * Involvement in the determination of support contract development and renewals.