Senior Data and Security Engineer

Searchability; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

2 days onsite per week

30 days annual leave

Employer-matched pension

Parental leave

Counselling & wellbeing support

Career development and training

Flexible benefits allowance

Job summary

Searchability is seeking a Senior Security and Data Engineer to join its cyber security practice and help modernise critical security capabilities across complex cloud environments.

The role blends hands-on security engineering with data engineering to build secure, scalable monitoring solutions using AWS, Splunk, Cribl and related technologies for UK public sector clients. You will collaborate with security analysts and government stakeholders to deliver resilient systems.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud security engineering experience.
• Experience with Splunk, including SPL queries and detection rules.
• Knowledge of log ingestion, streaming pipelines and data normalisation.
• Experience with Cribl, Kinesis, S3 and SQS.
• Understanding of security controls, encryption and identity management.
• Experience working within UK Government or public sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Developing and optimising security log ingestion pipelines using Cribl and AWS technologies.
• Managing security telemetry from AWS services including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, S3 and Kinesis.
• Supporting Splunk SIEM development, detection engineering and alert optimisation.
• Improving data processing, normalisation and storage to enhance detection capabilities.
• Troubleshooting ingestion issues, improving performance and reducing unnecessary data volumes.
• Collaborating with security analysts and government stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Skills

AWS security engineering

Splunk experience

Security monitoring

Data ingestion pipelines

Cloud security understanding

Tools

Cribl

Kinesis

S3

SQS

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

Job description

Senior Security and Data Engineer

• Up to £85,000 Depending on Experience
• 2 days per week onsite in Bristol, London, Manchester or Swansea
• SC clearance required

ABOUT THE CLIENT:

Our client is a technology consultancy delivering secure, resilient digital services across the UK public sector. Working with multidisciplinary engineering and security teams, they help organisations modernise critical systems and improve their security capabilities.

They are now looking for a Senior Security and Data Engineer to join their growing cyber security practice.

THE BENEFITS:

• Salary up to £85,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working, 2 days onsite per week
• 30 days annual leave
• 7% employer-matched pension
• Flexible parental leave
• Paid counselling and wellbeing support
• Structured career development and training
• Flexible benefits allowance

THE SENIOR SECURITY AND DATA ENGINEER ROLE:

You will combine hands‑on security engineering with data engineering, supporting the development and optimisation of security monitoring capabilities across complex cloud environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and optimising security log ingestion pipelines using Cribl and AWS technologies
• Managing security telemetry from AWS services including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, S3 and Kinesis
• Supporting Splunk SIEM development, detection engineering and alert optimisation
• Improving data processing, normalisation and storage to enhance detection capabilities
• Troubleshooting ingestion issues, improving performance and reducing unnecessary data volumes
• Collaborating with security analysts and government stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions

SENIOR SECURITY AND DATA ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Strong hands‑on AWS cloud security engineering experience
• Experience with Splunk, including SPL queries and detection rules
• Knowledge of log ingestion, streaming data pipelines and data normalisation
• Experience with Cribl, Kinesis, S3 and SQS
• Understanding of security controls, encryption and identity management
• Experience working within UK Government or public sector environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with technical stakeholders

KEY SKILLS

Security Engineering, Data Engineering, AWS, Splunk, Cribl, SIEM, Detection Engineering, Kinesis, S3, SQS, Cloud Security, SC Clearance, NSD