Cyber Tooling and Automations Specialist

TL;DR

Cyber Tooling and Automations Specialist (Cyber Security): Developing and scaling security operations capability through automation, orchestration, and detection tooling with an accent on SIEM detections, incident response workflows, and vulnerability management. Focus on building scalable security tooling, integrating third-party security technologies, and improving reliability and performance of cyber operations through continuous automation.

Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid; predominantly remote, with onsite attendance as required)

Company

hirify.global is the RuneScape company, creating long-running online games and connected experiences.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain security automations, logging capabilities, and SIEM detections to improve operational efficiency and incident response.
• Build automated workflows and playbooks for incident response, threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.
• Partner with security analysts to identify repetitive processes and reduce manual effort and response times.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Attack Surface Management teams to build, tune, and optimize detection capabilities.
• Evaluate automation platforms and processes to improve reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Support integrations with third-party vendors and security technologies and participate in security operations projects and on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in writing code, ideally in Python.
• Demonstrable experience in a technical role within Security Operations, Security Engineering, or Security Software Development.
• Strong understanding of security operations, detection engineering, SIEM, and security automation best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing security automation and orchestration solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud in security operations contexts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Private healthcare including a dental plan.
• Minimum 6% pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme and onsite counselling.
• Life insurance and discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Flexible working hours and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with option to buy/sell holidays.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.

Hiring process

• Onsite attendance is required as needed; applicants should be based (or willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of the Cambridge office.
• Interviews include discussions to assess technical fit and collaboration approach.