Cyber Security Engineer

John Lewis; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 160,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

John Lewis is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join the SOC-focused security operations team in Stevenage. The role emphasizes building and refining security tooling, detection capabilities and playbooks within a highly secure environment.

You will work on large-scale tooling, integration efforts and ongoing security improvements to enhance threat detection and incident response capabilities, collaborating with analysts and engineers to deliver new security features.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM tools (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk or QRadar).
• Experience in SOC environments.
• Experience in threat detection or incident response.
• Scripting and automation with Python or PowerShell.
• Security tooling and log management.

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.
• Collaborate with analysts, engineers and security stakeholders to deliver new capabilities.

Skills

SIEM

Threat detection

Automation

Python/PowerShell

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

QRadar

Job description

Cyber Security Engineer

Key Information

Contract: 24 Months
Rate: Up to £680 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Stevenage
Onsite Requirement: 4 days per week

We're supporting a leading defence organisation on the search for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a growing Cyber Security Operations function.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on large-scale security tooling, detection capabilities and SOC technologies within a complex, highly secure environment. You'll play a key role in enhancing security visibility, improving detection capabilities and supporting the ongoing evolution of cyber defence tooling.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting and improving SOC security tooling and capabilities
• Managing and optimising SIEM and threat detection platforms
• Developing and enhancing automation and security playbooks
• Supporting tool integrations, data onboarding and log ingestion
• Investigating security events and improving detection coverage
• Assisting with platform upgrades, maintenance and lifecycle activities
• Working closely with analysts, engineers and security stakeholders to deliver new capabilities

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with Cyber Security Engineers, SOC Engineers and Security Engineers who have experience with some of the following:

• SIEM technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk or QRadar
• Security Operations Centre (SOC) environments
• Threat detection, threat hunting or incident response
• Scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell or similar
• Security tooling, integrations and log management
• Microsoft Defender, XDR or other endpoint security platforms

You don't need experience across everything listed above. If you have a strong security engineering background and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd encourage you to apply.