SOC Engineer

Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on detection engineering or SIEM engineering experience
• Proven experience writing and tuning detection logic
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, attacker TTPs, and the cyber kill chain
• Experience reducing false positives and improving alert fidelity
• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike NG SIEM, or similar tools
• Knowledge of SOAR, automation, log pipelines, and API integrations
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex security concepts clearly
• AI experience is beneficial but not essential; strong detection engineering is the priority
• Experience in automotive or manufacturing is advantageous but not required

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimise advanced SIEM detection rules and correlation logic
• Translate threat intelligence, TTPs, and IOCs into effective detections
• Tune alerts and reduce false positives
• Onboard, parse, and normalise security logs across enterprise environments
• Support complex incident investigations and threat hunting
• Develop SOAR playbooks, automation, and security integrations
• Improve detection coverage, SOC efficiency, and security monitoring capabilities
• Work across SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, cloud, and wider security tooling
• Help develop emerging AI and agentic security use cases

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Cloud
• IAM
• Support
• Security

More:

Were hiring a Senior SOC L3 Detection Engineer to strengthen an enterprise security operation, with a focus on detection engineering, SIEM, and threat detection. The role is based in Coventry and offers hybrid working, with a salary of £80,000–£100,000. Were looking for a hands-on L3 security engineer who enjoys building better detections rather than simply responding to alerts, and wed like to hear from you.

last updated 39 week of 2026