Security Engineer – PAM & Elastic SIEM (Defence)

The Talent Locker; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Job summary

The Talent Locker is seeking a Security Engineer for a MOD/Defence environment in Farnborough. Hybrid work with on-site three days a week. The role focuses on managing privileged access, identity security and enterprise security tooling to protect critical infrastructure.

You'll implement and operate PAM, manage credentials, RBAC, and monitor security events across networks and Active Directory. Elastic SIEM experience would strengthen capability within the role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on security engineering in complex environments.
• PAM or identity security solutions experience.
• Elastic SIEM experience would be a strong advantage.
• Understanding of RBAC, credential management and security monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage passwords, SSH keys, API keys and privileged credentials.
• Configure and troubleshoot automated password and credential rotation.
• Run discovery scans across Active Directory and network environments.
• Manage RBAC, permissions and user/group access.
• Monitor privileged sessions and investigate failed authentication activity.
• Maintain, patch and upgrade security platforms.
• Review audit logs and integrate security events with SIEM tooling.
• Troubleshoot Firewalls, load balancers and connectivity issues.

Job description

The Talent Locker is seeking a Security Engineer for a MOD/Defence environment in Farnborough. Hybrid work with on-site three days a week. The role focuses on managing privileged access, identity security and enterprise security tooling to protect critical infrastructure.

You'll implement and operate PAM, manage credentials, RBAC, and monitor security events across networks and Active Directory. Elastic SIEM experience would strengthen capability within the role.