Security Consultant – Detection Engineering & Content Development

RiverSafe; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company is seeking a skilled Cyber Security Consultant specialized in Detection Engineering to enhance threat detection capabilities. The successful candidate will develop high-fidelity detections across various security platforms and collaborate with teams to continuously improve response effectiveness. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technologies in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in detection engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in query languages like SPL and KQL.
• Experience with SIEM platforms and cloud security services.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy detection logic across security platforms.
• Build detections aligned with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Conduct threat modeling and enhance detection accuracy.

Skills

Security operations

Detection engineering

Threat hunting

SPL

KQL

SIEM platforms

EDR tools

Cloud-native security services

MITRE ATT&CK

Detection-as-Code

Job description

Cyber Security Consultant – Detection Engineering

Cyber Security Consultant – Detection Engineering

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We are looking for a skilled Detection Engineer to join our Cyber Security team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-fidelity threat detections across our security platforms. You’ll work at the intersection of threat intelligence, telemetry and security operations to build scalable, reliable and effective detection capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy detection logic across SIEM, EDR and cloud security platforms.
• Build detections aligned with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and continuously tune for accuracy and performance.
• Conduct threat modelling and participate in purple team exercises to assess and improve detection effectiveness.
• Use Detection-as-Code principles to manage detection rules via version control, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Reduce false positives through tuning, enrichment and contextual awareness.

Skills

• 3+ years of experience in security operations, detection engineering, threat hunting, or a related Cyber Security field.
• Proficiency in query languages such as SPL (Splunk), KQL (Microsoft), Sigma, or similar.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (e.g. Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic), EDR tools (e.g. CrowdStrike, SentinelOne), and/or cloud-native security services (e.g. AWS GuardDuty, GCP Chronicle).
• Ability to create and iterate on detection content (e.g. SIEM rules, correlation searches and detection-as-code signatures) to proactively identify malicious behaviour and improve threat visibility and reduce false positives
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat detection lifecycle.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security and IT Services and IT Consulting

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