Cyber Security Engineer

Guidant Global; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global is recruiting for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a Defence sector client in Stevenage on a 24-month contract. The role is onsite for four days per week with a daily rate of up to £680 (Inside IR35).

You will support and improve SOC tooling, manage SIEM platforms, and develop automation playbooks to enhance security capabilities in a highly secure environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with security operations tooling and detection capabilities.
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms and SOC environments.
• Experience with threat detection, hunting or incident response.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

SIEM platforms

SOC environments

Threat detection

Automation scripting

Log management

Endpoint security

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

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.