Cyber Security Engineer

SATOS Jobs; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

SATOS Jobs seeks a Cyber Security Engineer to join a defence-focused SOC environment based in Stevenage, working onsite four days a week on a 24-month contract. You will enhance security tooling, manage SIEM platforms, and contribute to automation and playbooks.

You will collaborate with analysts and engineers to deliver new detection capabilities, support platform upgrades, and improve security visibility in a highly secure setting. Previous SOC experience and scripting skills preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM technologies and SOC environments.
• Ability to script and automate security tasks.
• Experience with log ingestion and data onboarding.

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 and log ingestion.
• Investigate security events and improve detection coverage.
• Collaborate with analysts and engineers to deliver new capabilities.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Threat detection

Incident response

Security tooling

Log management

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

QRadar

Microsoft Defender

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.