Lead Information Security Detection Specialist - 12 months FTC

Job title: Lead Detection Specialist - 12 months FTC

Location: UK

Overview of the role:

We are excited to offer a new opportunity in our Cyber Security Operations Centre for a passionate and proactive Security Detection Lead for a fixed-term of 12 months. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and is motivated by improving an organisation’s security posture through advanced detection engineering.

As the lead member of the Detection team, you’ll play a key role in crafting and implementing our cyber defence strategy. You'll work with brand new tools and methodologies to monitor, analyse, and improve our detection capabilities — helping us stay ahead of evolving threats.

What you’ll do:

• Drive Threat Detection Excellence: Take the lead in designing, refining, and optimizing advanced detection use cases across diverse platforms and threat landscapes—ensuring our defences are always one step ahead.
• Shape Security Best Practices: Evolve our detection policies, procedures, and documentation to align with leading industry standards and stay ahead of the curve.
• Stay Ahead of Adversaries: Integrate brand new threat intelligence and emerging attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to continuously improve detection capabilities.
• Hunt and Respond Proactively: Monitor and analyse security logs and alerts from a wide array of sources—firewalls, IDS/IPS, EDR, SIEM, cloud environments—to swiftly identify and respond to suspicious activity.
• Uncover Hidden Threats: Apply advanced techniques such as behavioural analytics and anomaly detection to surface stealthy or novel attack vectors.
• Collaborate for Impact: Partner closely with Security and Technology teams to fine-tune tools and uplift the organisation’s overall security posture.
• Be a Technical Leader: Mentor SOC analysts and fellow engineers, acting as a go-to expert and championing a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
• Improve Operations Support: Contribute to daily operational excellence by tracking critical metrics, monitoring OLAs, providing ad-hoc reporting, and evaluating tool performance.
• Boost Readiness and Resilience: Play a key role in shaping incident response playbooks, disaster recovery plans, and business continuity strategies.
• Coordinate and Communicate: Collaborate multi-functionally with IT, infrastructure, and compliance teams to ensure timely responses and effective risk mitigation.
• Contribute to Governance: Support audit preparation and reporting, providing clear, accurate insights for internal reviews and regulatory requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• Deep Security Expertise: A solid background in Cyber Security or Technology, with hands-on experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, or incident response.
• Tool Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of modern security technologies—think SIEM, EDR, threat intelligence platforms, and anomaly detection systems. You're confident navigating and using these tools to uncover threats.
• Technical Savvy: A solid grasp of networking protocols, operating systems, and attacker techniques—paired with a broad awareness of the current cyber threat landscape.
• Cloud Security Know-How: Experience with cloud-native security tooling, especially within AWS environments. Familiarity with services like GuardDuty and a good understanding of cloud security frameworks are highly valued.
• Frameworks & Platforms: Comfortable working with industry standards and tools such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework, CSPMs, vulnerability scanners, endpoint protection platforms, and proxy technologies.
• Agility in Action: You thrive in dynamic environments, adapting quickly to emerging threats and evolving tech stacks with curiosity and composure.
• Good Interpersonal Skills: You’re not just technically sharp—you’re also a skilled collaborator, communicator, and leader who can influence and encourage across technical and non-technical teams.
• Learning Mindset: While a degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field is a plus, your practical experience, problem-solving mindset, and passion for security are what truly set you apart.

Why choose us:

Aside from a generous base salary, we have a fantastic benefits & rewards program that is designed to encourage personal and career development.

• Discretionary end of contract bonus
• 30 days paid leave
• Health and dental insurance for you, and 50% coverage for your partner and your children (if you all live at the same address)
• Personal life insurance and income protection
• The option to join our company pension scheme
• Looking to extend your family? You will receive a cash gift of £1,000 for your new addition whilst working for us
• 26 weeks primary carer leave at 100% pay & 4 weeks secondary carer leave pay at 100% pay
• Online Discount Scheme, including discounted shopping and cinema vouchers.

Equal opportunities:

At Flutter International we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our people can be their authentic selves and thrive. We embrace and celebrate diversity, respecting all our uniqueness and differences.

We welcome you to let us know whether you have any accessibility needs. All you need to do is email us at talent@flutterint.com. Your journey with us is focused on ensuring you have what you need to be your best self.

Learn more about the works we are doing on Inclusion and Belonging here: https://careers.flutterinternational.com/working-at-flutter-international/diversity-equity-inclusion/

The group:

Flutter International is a proud member of the Flutter Entertainment family, a global leader in sports betting, iGaming, and entertainment. We're not just another company; we're listed on both the prestigious FTSE 100 index on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). What sets us apart is our world class brands, cutting-edge products, and our International division includes our operations in over 100 global markets and offers sports betting, casino, poker, rummy and lottery, mainly online. What truly defines us is our commitment to ensuring that the excitement of gaming and entertainment is experienced in a responsible and sustainable way. Our remarkable team of over 8,000 colleagues drives this vision, spread across 28 offices worldwide.