Cyber Security Engineer – Junior – Mid-Level – Contract – Brighton

Job Title:  Cyber Security Engineer – Junior – Mid-Level

Location: Brighton / 3 days per week onsite

Job Type: Contract until end in 2026 – long term contract (12 month extension)

Salary /Day Rate: £200 – £225 per day  (Inside IR35)

Working setup: Hybrid – 3 days in office

Industry Sector: Financial Services, Fintech

Candidates must have the right to work in the United Kingdom

Introduction:

My long-term client partner is urgently seeking a Junior – Mid level Cyber Security Engineer to support the implementation, integration, testing, and validation of AI-enabled detection and response capabilities. You will work across Cyber Detection & Response, infrastructure, network, cloud, and platform teams to onboard integrations, resolve deployment dependencies, and validate AI-assisted detection, investigation, and response workflows through testing and attack simulation activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support implementation of agentic SOC capabilities, AI assistants, and workflow automation solutions.
• Coordinate onboarding of integrations, data sources, APIs, service accounts, and required permissions.
• Work with network, cloud, identity, and platform teams to establish connectivity and access required for deployments.
• Validate AI-assisted detection, triage, investigation, and response workflows.
• Develop and execute testing scenarios, attack simulations, and operational readiness exercises.
• Identify integration issues, workflow gaps, and operational risks.
• Support troubleshooting, issue resolution, and deployment activities.
• Document implementation requirements, testing results, operational procedures, and architecture.
  
  

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, threat detection, or platform implementation roles.
• Experience implementing and integrating enterprise security technologies.
• Familiarity with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, threat intelligence, and SOC workflows.
• Understanding of network security, APIs, authentication, IAM, and cloud environments.
• Experience conducting security testing, attack simulation, validation, or purple team activities.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.
  
  

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