Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Aberdeen is the UK’s leading wealth and investment group. Join us to help protect our customers and investors through advanced cyber security technology.

The Cyber Security Engineering Manager will oversee the design, implementation and maintenance of next‑generation detection, log management and threat analytics platforms across Aberdeen’s enterprise. The role sits at the intersection of SIEM engineering, cloud security and advanced log pipeline management, ensuring world‑class detection fidelity, threat visibility and compliance across diverse environments.

• Security Platform Optimisation – endpoint, network, cloud and logging technologies.
• Security Orchestration Automation and Response – build security automation playbooks and integrations.
• Security Data & Analytics – onboarding data and developing detection logic and analytics.
• SOC Architecture – develop interface definitions and security guidelines.
• Incident response – support the Cyber Security Incident Response Team for cyber incidents.

• Demonstrable experience in cyber security engineering or aligned functions.
• Experience of security platform optimisation covering endpoint, network and cloud security, and logging technologies.
• Deep understanding of SIEM and log ingestion technologies; solid knowledge of SOAR tools, AV, CSPM, EDR/XDR technologies.
• Passion to keep up to date with evolving threat and vulnerability landscape and new technologies.
• SIEM Engineering & Operations – advanced detection rules, correlation searches, and playbooks; log source onboarding, parsing and data normalisation; SIEM alerts configuration.
• Log Management & Data Engineering – log pipelines using Cribl; intelligent log transformation and routing strategies; scalable log archival and compliance‑driven retention.
• Cloud Security – Azure‑native services such as Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, Azure AD;
  Azure Event Hubs and Log Analytics;
  Kusto Query Language (KQL) and Splunk Processing Language (SPL).

• 40 days’ annual leave.
• 16% employer pension contribution.
• Discretionary performance‑based bonus (where applicable).
• Private healthcare.
• Flexible benefits – gym discounts, season ticket loans, employee discount portal.

Aberdeen is a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.