Hybrid Detection and Response Engineer

at Lloyds Banking Group

• Job title: Detection and Response Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £70,929 - £78,810 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, DAC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Detection and Response Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group ensuring security against cyber threats. Designing detection rules and conducting proactive threat hunting for cyber protection.

Responsibilities

• Design, code and operationalise detection rules based on threat models and intelligence
• Fine-tune detection rules and monitor their performance
• Support detection automation and playbook editing
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and threat modelling
• Perform cyber event triage, classification, and investigation
• Complete containment, remediation, and recovery activities
• Build and maintain reporting mechanisms and documentation
• Perform root cause analysis and support post-incident reviews

Requirements

• Previous experience of working in a cyber security operations context
• Ability to analyse security logs and events
• Knowledge of threat detection lifecycle, attacker behaviour and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• An understanding of advanced cyber defence concepts such as Continuous Detection/Continuous Response and Cyber Threat Intelligence, and how to apply them
• Understanding of detection logic (e.g. SIEM use cases) and detection-as-code (DaC)
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to non-technical audiences

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• X days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies