Cyber Engineering Optimisation Professional

Job Title: Cyber Engineering Optimisation Professional

Req ID: 58740

Job Function: Cyber Security

Posting Start Date: 09/06/2026

Posting End Date: 19/06/2026

Division: UK Business

Job Location: GBR Glasgow - Alexndr Bain Hse, GBR-Birmingham-Three Snowhill, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham, GBR-Manchester-New Bailey

Advertised Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Recruiter: Jayson Coley-Wynters

Career Grade: Internal E - Competitive plus benefits

Closing Date: 19th June

Locations: Glasgow, Manchester, London, Birmingham

About The Role Our purpose is to use the power of communications to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities. We need you to help us do this.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Your role places real value in finding and adapting ways to protect and support our people, customers & communities. This role plays a crucial role in the design and development of BT's Cyber Security Portfolio products and services for the business market.
  • You will be working with suppliers, vendors, and a wide range of diverse stakeholders, to create a product that meets the customer and market expectations, whilst meeting the business operating cost targets (people, process, systems).
  • The products and services you help create will be sold and used by household names both within the UK and across the world, across many markets, each with their own legal and regulatory challenges
Security Design and Architecture
  • Design scalable, secure and commercially viable solutions across SIEM, SOAR and XDR platforms, aligned to customer, regulatory and internal requirements
  • Translate business and threat requirements into clear, implementable security designs and architecture patterns
Engineering and Development
  • Develop and implement detection logic, use cases, integrations and automation workflows using platform tooling and programming languages such as Python and SQL
  • Build and optimise security content including rules, analytics and orchestration playbooks across multiple vendor technologies
Automation and AI Enablement
  • Design and implement automation to improve detection, investigation and response efficiency across security operations
  • Apply AI techniques such as anomaly detection, behavioural analytics or LLM-driven investigation support to improve SOC outcomes, enhancing alert correlation, triage and threat analysis
Essential Skills / Experience
  • The role may involve working with Government and Military Contracts, so a level of security clearance will be required
  • Experience of a contributing role within a multi-skilled, matrix team of Operations, process & system leads as well as working independently, using Agile methodology to meet scheduled delivery dates
  • Time spent in an Operational function or technical delivery role, implementing and/or supporting launched services, and engaging with 'real-world' customer issues and feedback
  • Some understanding of people, process and systems and interactions to understand relationship between stakeholders
Desirable Skills / Experience
  • Experience of working in a small team of Developers and working independently, using AGILE methodology, in a SecDevOps environment
  • A formal qualification(s) in a CLOUD or SIEM/SOAR Technology
Our Package At BT, we entertain, educate, and empower millions of people every single day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses, or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and inclusivity, that takes a genuine and proactive interest in your progress and development.
  • Competitive salary
  • 10% on target bonus
  • BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • On-call allowance
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
  • Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
  • World-class training and development opportunities
  • Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
  • Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
  • Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop
Flexible Working This role offers a 3 together, 2 wherever working model. This means you are required to be at your contractual location 3 days a week with 2 flexible days
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