Team Lead, Cybersecurity Engineering
AbacusMLOps and company
Edinburgh, United KingdomLead
Tiger Global Management
Coatue
Index Ventures
Khosla Ventures
Alkeon Capital
Decibel Partners
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead UK Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, providing technical leadership and strengthening security across systems and networks.
- •As a member of the Cybersecurity Department, the Cybersecurity Team Lead will provide hands-on technical leadership for the UK Security Operations Centre (SOC) team while collaborating closely with SOC leadership and peer team leads across the wider organisation.
- •This role will partner with ServiceDesk, Engineering, and business stakeholders to strengthen security across data, systems, networks, applications, and client environments.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead day-to-day UK SOC operations, prioritising work, coordinating escalations, supporting shift handovers, and ensuring timely delivery of security services and commitments.
- •Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to Security Analysts, helping build capability, consistency, and accountability across the team.
- •Coordinate response to escalated security support tickets and incidents, including triage, investigation, containment, communication, and follow-up actions.
- •Monitor vulnerability intelligence and emerging threats, assess business and client impact, and coordinate remediation activity.
- •Review and improve security operations documentation, runbooks, procedures, and knowledge articles.
- •Requirements Minimum 5 years’ experience in a system engineering or technical security role.
- •Familiarity with industry standard tools and applications (such as Palo Alto, Cisco Meraki, SonicWall, Fortigate, SentinelOne, ThreatLocker, MS Defender, G-Suite, Content Filtering, Protective DNS).
- •Heavy experience with the Incident Response lifecycle.
- •Familiarity with Microsoft (Office365 & Azure) and Citrix (Virtual Apps & Desktops) technologies.
- •Scripting ability and experience working with API endpoints such as MS Graph.
Required skills
AzurePython
Domain expertise
cybersecurity
Benefits & perks
Great annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays, Gym discount, Life insurance, Comprehensive travel insurance for you and your family in line with scheme rules, Confidential well-being and counselling support, Competitive compensation, Commission eligible, Contributory pension scheme, Company events, Private Medical and Dental Insurance, Fantastic company culture and values
Tech stack
AzurePythonJavaScriptGit