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Hybrid in Edinburgh·Added 2 days ago (last checked 11 Nov)
Our summary
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Edinburgh
- Contract
- Contract role, inside IR35
- Experience
- 2+ years



Skills
Requirements
Nice to have
- Experience in a large, international enterprise environment
- Experience supporting security audits or compliance work
- Interest in a permanent role
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
Rate: £450-500
The role
Gigged AI is an On demand talent marketplace specialising in the IT and technology sector. We have an opportunity live at the moment for a Security Operations Engineer (Contract) - Inside IR35/ On-site (Hybrid) - Glasgow within one of our clients.
How you'll work
Location: Glasgow, hybrid. 3 days a week in the office for the first couple of weeks, then at least 2 days a week once settled.
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 months initial
IR35: Inside IR35
Contract-to-perm: There may be an opportunity for this to convert to a perm role as a Security Lead for the right consultant
About the project
Our Security Operations team needs an experienced SecOps engineer to add capacity and cover holiday leave through to the new year. You'll work as a hands-on member of the team rather than leading it. The team is small and busy, and year-end and the annual security audits are adding to the workload, so they need someone who can start quickly and take on work with little supervision.
Project title
Project title: Security Operations Engineer (Contract)
What you'll be doing
- Taking security incidents from detection through to resolution, including triage, investigation, containment and follow-up
- Working day to day with our outsourced SOC provider: reviewing escalations, challenging findings and making sure issues are closed out
- Monitoring alerts and investigating suspicious activity across our systems
- Helping with vulnerability management and remediation, working with IT Operations
- Supporting the team with evidence and remediation tasks during the audit period
- Being a reliable extra pair of hands so incidents are handled without senior leadership having to step in
What we're looking for
- Several years in security operations or security engineering, beyond entry-level SOC analyst work
- Hands-on experience handling incidents from start to finish
- Experience working with or managing an outsourced or managed SOC / MSSP
- Strong SIEM and EDR skills
- Calm and reliable, able to settle in quickly and work independently
- Able to be on site in Glasgow as set out above
Hiring process
All proposals will be reviewed on the Gigged AI platform. In order to send a proposal please head to app.gigged.ai and create a free talent profile and apply to the role directly.
All applicant proposals will be reviewed directly on the Gigged AI platform by the hiring manager. In order to send a proposal please follow the below steps
- head to app.gigged.ai and create a free talent profile
- once signed in, follow this link to the project - https://app.gigged.ai/find-a-gig/Jry0KpJDdYa
- you will now see a 'submit proposal' button
- please fill this in (intro, relevant experience, and attach CV to this)