Senior Security Platform Engineer

Senior Security Platform Engineer

Full-Time 72000 - 88000 $ / year (est.) On-site
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Enhance security platforms and drive reliability through automation and incident management.
  • Company: Leading enterprise organisation focused on Cyber Defence and Threat Detection.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a dynamic work environment.
  • Other info: Ideal for tech-savvy individuals eager to grow in a collaborative setting.
  • Why this job: Join a passionate team and make a real impact in cybersecurity.
  • Qualifications: 5+ years in SRE or DevOps with strong automation skills.

The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 $ per year.

Launch Recruitment is representing a leading enterprise organisation in the search for a Senior Security Platform Engineer to support and optimise Cyber Defence and Threat Detection operations. The role applies Reliability Engineering principles across SIEM, EDR, Vulnerability Management, and Exposure Management platforms, driving reliability through observability, automation, incident management and suits a highly technical engineer with a passion for security, automation and Everything as Code.

Responsibilities include:

  • Driving platform reliability and performance by defining and monitoring SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and platform health across core security platforms
  • Leading reliability improvements through proactive risk identification, observability, reliability reviews, and engineering enhancements
  • Build and manage observability solutions across security platforms
  • Develop monitoring and alerting automation using observability-as-code principles
  • Lead security platform incident response and recovery, coordinating major incidents, stakeholder communications, and post-incident reviews
  • Drive operational excellence through runbooks, incident trend analysis, on-call maturity, alert optimisation, and planned change management
  • Drive platform performance optimisation

Requirements include:

  • 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering within large enterprise environments
  • Proven expertise in SRE practices, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, observability, incident management, and reliability engineering for complex platforms
  • Hands-on experience with automation and platform engineering, including Python scripting, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and everything-as-code methodologies
  • Strong knowledge of cloud and observability technologies
  • Experience supporting enterprise security platforms and operations, such as SIEM, EDR, Vulnerability Management, or SOC environments
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills

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Senior Security Platform Engineer employer: Launch Recruitment

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We think you need these skills to ace Senior Security Platform Engineer

Reliability Engineering
SIEM
EDR
Vulnerability Management
Exposure Management
Observability
Automation