Cybersecurity Engineer: Security Operations Center (SOC)

Jane Street
London, United Kingdom

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior cybersecurity professionals who thrive in collaborative, technically rigorous environments. This role best suits candidates with a strong programming background and a passion for cybersecurity, working in a London-based team focused on incident response and security monitoring.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a strong programming background and a passion for cybersecurity research
    — “A strong programmer who can demonstrate high potential and an aptitude for learning”
  • Individuals who can translate complex security concepts into actionable practices for non-experts
    — “Able to clearly communicate your understanding of the tradeoffs we’re making to internal stakeholders”
  • Those with a track record of adapting to dynamic environments and making decisions under pressure
    — “Able to adapt to changing scenarios and make challenging decisions under pressure”

Things to consider

  • Able to explain personal cybersecurity decisions may imply a need for behavioral insight in the interview process
    — “Able to explain the cybersecurity decisions you’ve made in your own life”
  • The role requires active participation in knowledge-sharing and mentorship within the firm
    — “You’ll carefully consider the context of our decisions as we think about the tradeoffs we’re making”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to translate technical challenges into business-relevant context
    — “Familiar with threat modeling, and able to clearly communicate your understanding”
  • Demonstrate a history of learning and sharing cybersecurity knowledge with others
    — “You should be excited to learn from your colleagues and pass that learning on to new analysts”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and used monitoring tools to guard the firm
  • Managed incident response and remediation
Typical background
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems

Skills & requirements

Required

CybersecurityIncident ResponseThreat ModelingVersion Control

Preferred

Security Operations Center (soc) Management

Stack & domain

CybersecurityMonitoring ToolsIncident ResponseThreat ModelingVersion ControlProgrammingMethodical ApproachAdaptabilityCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingCuriositySecurity Operations CenterInternet Security

About the role

Original posting from Jane Street

About the position

We're looking to add a passionate Cybersecurity Engineer to our London office to help protect Jane Street’s employees, data, and infrastructure from the wilds of the internet. Our Cybersecurity Engineers are responsible for developing and using monitoring tools to guard the firm, as well as handling incident response and remediation when a threat is found.

Our Cybersecurity team is a skilled group of programmers and security experts who are dedicated to keeping the firm safe. We consider ourselves to be tapped into developments in the broader cybersecurity space, and can tell the difference between the latest cool hack by security researchers and what actually matters in our day-to-day. In this role, you’ll carefully consider the context of our decisions as we think about the tradeoffs we’re making in our approach to resolving cybersecurity issues. We’ll expect you to apply a methodical approach to performing unstructured investigations to locate and repair the source of a security issue.

You will also act as an ambassador of best practices to the rest of the firm. Team members understand and practice good personal cybersecurity hygiene, and are able to talk to others about it. A key component of doing well in this position is bringing everyone else along with you on the cybersecurity journey, and you should be excited to learn from your colleagues and pass that learning on to new analysts.

About you

Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field

An avid follower of cybersecurity news

A strong programmer who can demonstrate high potential and an aptitude for learning

Comfortable and interested in managing your code and configs in version control, and knowledge of your editor (we don't care which though)

Familiar with threat modeling, and able to clearly communicate your understanding of the tradeoffs we’re making to internal stakeholders

Able to explain the cybersecurity decisions you’ve made in your own life, and how you’ve approached thinking about those decisions

Able to adapt to changing scenarios and make challenging decisions under pressure

Humble attitude about what you know and don’t know; not afraid to ask questions and admit mistakes

Curious problem solver with a positive, collaborative attitude

Fluent in English

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Source: Jane Street careers

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