Details:
- Salary: £55,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Farnborough
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
SIEM Detection Engineer | Cyber Security (SIEM)
Farnborough (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)
Up to £65,000 + Benefits
SC Clearance (or eligible)
Build and tune the SIEM detections that stop real-world threats.
We’re working with a leading cyber security organisation supporting defence environments, looking for a SIEM Detection Engineer to develop and optimise SIEM detection capability across enterprise systems.
You’ll be hands-on designing SIEM detection logic, mapping attacker behaviour to MITRE ATT&CK, and improving alert quality within a mature SOC environment.
Key responsibilities:
Build and tune SIEM detections (Splunk / Sentinel)
Map threats using MITRE ATT&CK
Reduce false positives through optimisation
Support SOC and engineering teams
Improve detection maturity
What you’ll need:
Splunk (SPL) and/or Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
Detection engineering / SOC engineering experience
Understanding of attacker TTPs
Scripting (Python / PowerShell)
SC eligible or cleared
Strong SIEM technical role with real impact in a defence-focused environment