Senior Detection Engineer

Upto £85,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid Working

We're working with a major UK retail organisation investing heavily in its Cyber Defence capabilities and seeking an experienced Senior EDR Engineer to join a growing security engineering function.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an endpoint security specialist to take ownership of enterprise-scale EDR and XDR technologies across a complex global environment.

You'll be responsible for engineering, managing and improving endpoint security platforms whilst working closely with Cyber Defence, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence and Security Architecture teams.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engineering and optimising Microsoft Defender XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne
• Developing advanced threat detections and hunting capabilities
• Building and tuning KQL queries within Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel
• Supporting cyber incident investigations and response activities
• Improving detection coverage using threat intelligence and attack simulation outcomes
• Defining EDR policies, standards and best practices
• Supporting platform integrations across the wider security technology estate
• Acting as the technical SME for endpoint security technologies

What We're Looking For

• Experience engineering enterprise EDR or XDR platforms
• Knowledge of CrowdStrike Falcon and/or SentinelOne
• Hands-on threat hunting experience
• Experience supporting cybersecurity incident response investigations
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK
• Experience within Security Engineering, Detection Engineering or Cyber Defence environments
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Security platform integrations
• Cloud security exposure
• Security certifications including Microsoft, GIAC, ISC2, CrowdStrike or SentinelOne
• Annual bonus
• Pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Flexible hybrid working
• Excellent training and certification support
• Career progression within a growing Cyber Defence function

If you're looking to play a key role in shaping enterprise endpoint security capabilities, we'd love to speak with you.