Cyber Defence Engineer

Intact Insurance is recruiting for the role of Cyber Defence Engineer. The Cyber Defence Engineer will strengthen cyber defence by engineering and improving security tooling across cloud and on-premises environments. The role focuses on threat detection, logging, telemetry, analytics and alerting, including detection as code and automated rule testing.

What you’ll do

• Develop, maintain and improve threat detection logic across SIEM, endpoint and cloud monitoring tools.
• Ensure logging and telemetry pipelines are correctly engineered, complete and validated.
• Enhance visibility and analytics so they align with current threat activity.
• Support development of detection as code and automate rule testing and deployment.

What they’re looking for

• Strong experience with SIEM platforms, ideally Sentinel or Defender.
• Experience developing custom queries, analytics and alerting.
• Proficiency in Kusto Query Language for detection engineering, analysis and threat hunting.
• Experience with cloud environments including Azure and related security services.
• Strong understanding of logging, telemetry, monitoring and analytics across cloud and on-premises systems.

Additional role information

• The role is supported by development and mentoring.
• The employer offers annual discretionary bonus and up to 11% pension contributions.
• Health and wellbeing support includes a virtual GP.