Cyber Security Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Experience with some of the following: SIEM technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk or QRadar
• Experience in Security Operations Centre (SOC) environments
• Experience in threat detection, threat hunting or incident response
• Scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell or similar
• Experience with security tooling, integrations and log management
• Experience with Microsoft Defender, XDR or other endpoint security platforms
• A strong security engineering background

Responsibilities:

• Support and improve SOC security tooling and capabilities
• Manage and optimise SIEM and threat detection platforms
• Develop and enhance automation and security playbooks
• Support tool integrations, data onboarding and log ingestion
• Investigate security events and improve detection coverage
• Assist with platform upgrades, maintenance and lifecycle activities
• Work closely with analysts, engineers and security stakeholders to deliver new capabilities

Technologies:

• Support
• PowerShell
• Python
• Security
• Splunk

More:

We are supporting a leading defence organisation in the search for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a growing Cyber Security Operations function. This is a 24-month contract role, paying up to £680 per day inside IR35, based in Stevenage with an onsite requirement of 4 days per week. We offer the opportunity to work on large-scale security tooling, detection capabilities and SOC technologies within a complex, highly secure environment, playing a key role in enhancing security visibility, improving detection capabilities and supporting the ongoing evolution of cyber defence tooling.

last updated 35 week of 2026