Security Engineer – Security Operations

Overview

In this role, you design, implement, and operate advanced threat detection to protect Perk’s SaaS platform and enterprise environment. You’ll collaborate with TechOps/IT and engineering squads to ensure robust security logging, monitoring, and compliance. You’ll stay ahead of threats, refine detection capabilities, and help scale secure cloud services. This is an opportunity to shape security postures across multiple cloud technologies and drive real-world impact.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation including equity options
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance from Bupa
• Life insurance with Zurich
• Income protection
• Cycle2Work & electric car leasing

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize threat detection tools and secure configurations
• Develop detection rules, signatures, and IOCs across platforms
• Improve security strategy and stay current with threats and best practices
• Secure SaaS applications and infrastructure with access controls and continuous monitoring
• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS through governance and controls
• Collaborate with non-engineering teams and IT to provide advisory security insights
• Design and maintain secured cloud security technologies with Product Security
• Enhance threat hunting, incident response, and security operations via automation
• Maintain documentation for threat detection rules and incident reports

Key requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Proven Security Operations Engineer with SOC-like experience
• Hands-on with SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS, and other security tools
• Proficient in scripting (Python) for automating security processes
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Strong networking, security frameworks, and attack vectors knowledge
• Analytical and problem-solving skills for incidents
• Excellent communication to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills
• Fluent in English; other languages a plus

• strong communication
• analytical mindset
• documentation prowess
• SIEM
• EDR
• intrusion detection/prevention

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