Threat Detection Engineer
Hybrid
Reading, United Kingdom
Full Time
18-03-2025
Job Specifications
hackajob is collaborating with CGI IT UK LTD to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
If you have an inquisitive nature and enjoy security technology, our Threat Detection Engineer position will put you at the forefront of CGI Cyber Security Service. The Security Operations Centre is a fast-paced environment that is flexible and adaptable to the threat landscape we face. The SOC utilise both tried and tested tooling and state of the art technologies and methods to ensure we provide the best level of service and protection to our prestigious list of clients. Our client base covers a wide range of verticals from Government, MOD and CNI through to companies that are easily recognisable as household names.
The SOC is at the forefront of Technical automation and pushing into a Next-Gen SOC and this role proactively monitors the IT infrastructure for security incidents and participates in security incident investigation and resolution.
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer access to our share scheme (3.5%+3.5% matching) making you a CGI Partner not just an employee. You also have the option to benefit from private medical and dental insurance, flexible retirement options, an active sports and social club, and a cycle to work scheme to name a selection of the benefits available.
This role will require office attendance in Reading working on a hybrid basis. Due to the nature of the work, we can accept UK National's only for this vacancy and you must be eligible for UK SC level Security Clearance.
Your Future Duties And Responsibilities
CGI is recruiting a Threat Detection Engineer to join our Managed Service Security Operations. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams who build, support and maintain enterprise scale data platforms and solutions helping clients to drive transformation through improved data access and visibility.
As a Threat Detection Engineer, you will have experience working in SOC s and be an expert in building and developing use cases to meet client security requirements. You'll also be a strong communicator and have a consultative approach to working with client teams. CGI will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members, and to continue to develop in Cyber.
This Role Will Involve
SME acting as both consultant and engineer on large scale Enterprise Security projects
Creating/tuning of SIEM detection rules to satisfy client requirements
Providing technical consultancy for clients predominantly in the cyber security space
Working in hybrid teams
Providing mentorship to technical teams as well as acting as a technical escalation point
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Producing Use Case Rules
Turning CTI information into actionable Use Cases
Testing Use Cases
Maintaining Use Case Library
Maintaining documentation
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
We're looking for a range of the following skills and experiences:
Experience across the SIEM platforms and working alongside or within a SOC environment.
Experience in writing detection rules.
Strong understanding of security technologies and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
Experience of agile methodologies and associated toolsets and code repositories
Coding experience using languages such as Python particularly in relation to security use cases.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills
High level of attention to detail, the ability to think architecturally at ‘big picture" and able to translate this into practical implementation
Excellent ability to execute where information is ambiguous, utilising professionalism, experience and prior knowledge
Strong interpersonal skills; role will require engagement with a varied and senior stakeholder base as well as team management
Documentation skills in order to provide high quality documentation for internal customers and technical teams
Openness to learning and managing new technologies as business requirements change
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