Senior Security Engineer

Senior Detection and Response Engineer | Gaming | Cambridge / Hybrid | Upto £90K



We’re partnering with a successful games company in Cambridge looking for a Security Engineer to join their Cyber team.



You will help build out a response function to handle a variety of complex security incidents, drive process improvements, and develop the tools and detection infrastructure needed to scale detection and response across all threats targeting their gaming and studio environments.



What you'll be doing:



Responding to security events, triage, perform investigation, and incident analysis

Building and improving processes and technologies used for detection and response

Automate workflows and improve identification and response time for security events

Build and optmise detection rules, runbooks and incident playbooks for new and existing detections

Developing tools and systems to gather security telemetry from cloud production environments

Leading threat hunting efforts and identifying signals to enhance security controls

Collaborating cross-functionally with engineering teams to embed security best practices

Driving continuous process improvement and helping create a culture of learning from incidents

Participating in an on-call rotation once every 4 weeks to support critical incident responseWhat we're looking for:



6+ years experinece in a Security Engineer role, with experience in security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting in a cloud environment  

Strong background in cloud security, especially AWS services, ECS, and container environments

Proficiency with scripting or programming for security automation and detection-as-code

Knowledge of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and MITRE ATT&CK principles  

Experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms. Experiece with Red Canary or 

Strong communication skills and a proven track record of communicating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.  

Expertise on AWS security controls and services.   

Experience leveraging coding for automation, alert enrichment and detections

Hands-on experience with data analysis, modeling, and correlation at scale  

Operating systems internals and forensics experience for macOS, Windows & Linux  

 Experience developing tools and automation using common DevOps toolsets and programming   

Understanding of malware functionality and persistence mechanisms  

Ability to analyze endpoint, network, and application logs for anomalous events  

Experience handling security incidents and investigating anomalies as part of a team  Package and Benefits



Up to 90K with some flexibility for the right candidate

Ideally 1 day onsite per week for the first couple of months, moving to 1-2 times per month once fully settled.

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.

Minimum 6% Pension contributions.

Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.

Life Insurance.

Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.

Flexible working hours.

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

On call rota once every 4 weeks for critical risks. Time off in Leiu given