Principal Cyber Security Consultant (AI & SOC Automation) at Fruition Group, Multiple Locations, £Contract Rate

Job Title: Principal Cyber Security Consultant (AI & SOC Automation)
Duration: 6 months with chance of extension
Contract: Outside IR35
Location: UK Remote

We're looking for a Principal Cyber Security Consultant to lead a new AI Builder Squad focused on designing and delivering next-generation agentic security capabilities.

This is a senior, consulting leadership role. You will define the technical vision, architecture and delivery approach for applying agentic AI to real world security operations, working directly with Security Engineering and SOC leadership teams.

The objective is to transform traditional SOC processes into intelligent, end-to-end automated workflows, combining AI-driven decision making with human oversight where appropriate.

This is not a delivery-only engineering role. You will be expected to shape direction, challenge existing operating models, and lead the design of security automation strategy across detection, investigation, response and remediation.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Defining the overall vision and architecture for agentic security operations
• Leading the design of end-to-end AI-driven SOC workflows (detect, investigate, respond, remediate)
• Acting as the senior security authority within a cross-functional AI engineering squad
• Designing integration approaches across SIEM, SOAR, EDR and cloud security platforms
• Translating real SOC processes into automatable, agent-driven workflows
• Identifying high-value security automation opportunities with SOC and Security Engineering teams
• Shaping governance, control and human-in-the-loop decisioning for autonomous security systems
• Helping define the future operating model for AI-powered security operations

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in senior Security Engineering, SOC leadership, Detection Engineering or Incident Response roles
• Track record of leading SOC transformation, security automation or security platform programmes
• Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR and enterprise security operations
• Experience designing or delivering large-scale security automation initiatives (e.g. SOAR, detection pipelines, response automation)
• Familiarity with tools such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, Sentinel, Wiz or similar
• Exposure to AI agents, LLMs or automation frameworks (nice to have, not essential)
• Experience operating at Principal / Lead / Consultant level, influencing architecture and strategy

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.