Cyber Security Engineer

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join a growing SOC team supporting a leading defence organisation. You will work on large-scale security tooling, detection capabilities and SOC technologies in a highly secure environment, boosting visibility and defense tooling evolution.

You will collaborate with analysts, engineers and stakeholders to deliver new capabilities, enhance detections and support tool integrations and platform lifecycle activities.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM technologies and SOC environments.
• Exposure to threat detection, hunting or incident response.
• Scripting and automation using Python/PowerShell or similar.
• Knowledge of security tooling, integrations and log management.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Defender, XDR or endpoint security.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and improving SOC security tooling and capabilities (7 sentences).
• 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 (Sentinel/Splunk/QRadar)

SOC environments

Threat detection/IR

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Security tooling & log management

Microsoft Defender/XDR

Job description

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.