Security Automation Engineer

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together were building a world-class platform to amplify our teams most powerful ideas.

Security is foundational to this mission and must be delivered in a way that supports how our engineering teams build and operate complex systems at scale.

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Were looking for aSecurity Automation Engineerto join ourSecurity Automation Engineering (SAE)team in London.

The team designs and implements automated detection and response capabilities that protect G-Researchs diverse and complex estate spanninghigh-performance compute (HPC)environmentsAzure and Windows corporate infrastructure andpublic cloud platformssuch asAWS.

As part of SAE youll play a hands-on role building secure scalable and reliable automation systems that enable Security to respond faster reduce manual effort and improve our overall cyber resilience. Youll work alongside experienced engineers and security specialists to deliver production-quality systems contributing to the design development and continuous improvement of SAEs platform and tooling ecosystem.

SAE is a high-performing team of security professionals turned engineers. As part of this team youll have the opportunity to contribute directly to G-Researchs defensive capabilities developing tools and automation that help detect respond to and contain cyber threats at scale.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection ofsoftware engineering and cyber security helping to solve meaningful security challenges at scale in one of the worlds most advanced computing environments.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Design build and maintain automateddetection and response systemsacross G-Researchs hybrid environments (HPC Azure AWS).
• Develop high-quality well-tested code primarily inPython following secure engineering best practices.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines ().
• Collaborate with CSIRT and other security teams to integrate data and automation from tools such asAzure Defender XDRAWS Security Hub andElastic Security.
• Participate incode reviews contributing to a culture of quality maintainability and security.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and design reviews providing feedback and practical input on implementation approaches.
• Monitor system performance and reliability identifying opportunities for operational improvement.
• Work with stakeholders to understand automation requirements and deliver robust scalable solutions.
• Continuously improve development processes documentation and engineering standards within the team.

Were looking for experience in the following areas:

• StrongPython developmentskills with an understanding of secure software engineering and automation in complex environments.
• Practical experience building and maintainingproduction systemsin at least one major public cloud provider (AWSorAzure).
• Familiarity withDevOpsand infrastructure automation tooling (e.g. Jenkins ArgoCD Terraform Ansible).
• Exposure tosecurity operationstooling such as SIEM/XDR/SOAR platforms (e.g. Microsoft Sentinel Elastic Security AWS Security Hub).
• Experience working in agile delivery teams and collaborating with diverse technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for building clean maintainable and scalable systems.
• A growth mindset and desire to continuously improve systems processes and personal skills

• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business and dedicated barista bar
• 35 days annual leave
• 9% company pension contributions
• Informal dress code and excellent work-life balance
• Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Monthly company events

G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.

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