Junior Detection & Response Engineer

Job description

JOB TITLE: Junior Detection & Response Engineer

SALARY: £36,224

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours a week. Including a rota for weekend working.

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this OpportunityStart your cyber career protecting millions of customers while helping build the bank of the future. As a Junior Detection & Response Engineer in Lloyds Banking Group's Cyber Defence Centre, you'll learn hands on how to spot, investigate and respond to real cyber threats, supported by experienced engineers who will coach you to succeed. From analysing alerts and tuning detections to learning from live incidents, you'll build the skills, confidence and judgement needed for a rewarding career in cyber security-while being part of a team that's innovative, collaborative and committed to putting customers first.

You'll play a hands on role in protecting the organisation by helping identify suspicious activity, understand incidents, and contribute to an effective incident response through:

Responsibilities

Monitoring and analysing security alerts to identify and escalat genuine cyber threats

Carrying out initial triage and investigation, gathering evidence from logs, alerts and enrichment sources

Supporting detection engineering by reviewing alert behaviour, tuning existing detections and documenting expected outcomes

Using and testing established response playbooks, contributing to improvements where changes are clearly defined

Assisting with threat hunting and threat modelling, building practical understanding of attacker techniques and behaviours

Learning from real incidents through post incident reviews and continuous improvement activity

Working collaboratively with experienced colleagues, maintaining clear investigation notes and sharing knowledge

Why Lloyds Banking GroupLike the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you'll needThe strongest candidates bring curiosity, sound judgement and a genuine willingness to learn, as well as:

Qualifications

Formal training in cyber security, such as a degree, apprenticeship, professional certification or equivalent practical experience

Foundational understanding of security operations, threat detection concepts and common tools, such as SIEM platforms

Ability to analyse security logs, alerts and events to identify relevant information

Awareness of attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)

Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

Clear communication skills, including the confidence to ask for support and explain findings to both technical and non technical audiences

Willingness to participate in an on call rota and regular weekend working where required

About working for usOur focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours.

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Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Edinburgh

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English