Senior SIEM Engineer - Threat Detection & Automation

Anson Mccade; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson Mccade is seeking a Senior SOC Engineer to strengthen security operations in Glasgow. The role focuses on deploying and optimising the QRadar SIEM, onboarding log sources, and developing detection rules across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will lead incident response playbooks, integrate with SOAR platforms, and collaborate with threat intelligence teams to continuously improve detection logic and security posture. On‑site with 24/7 on-call support, in Glasgow, UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in IBM QRadar SIEM engineering.
• Strong knowledge of log formats, parsing, and normalisation.
• Proficiency with SIEM query languages: KQL, SPL, AQL.
• Scripting experience with Python or PowerShell for automation.
• Understanding of threat detection, incident response and kill chain concepts.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS frameworks.
• Solid communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• Experience with ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change).
• Ability to work independently and in on-call environments.
• 3–5 years in IT security, SOC/NOC preferred.
• Various cybersecurity certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain the QRadar SIEM platform.
• Onboard and normalise log sources across on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Develop and optimise analytical rules for threat and anomaly detection.
• Design incident response playbooks for phishing, lateral movement, and exfiltration.
• Integrate playbooks with SOAR platforms (Logic Apps, XSOAR).
• Refine playbooks using threat intel and incident insights.
• Monitor security alerts and conduct investigations.
• Collaborate with threat intel teams to enhance detection logic.
• Lead threat modelling using MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, Cyber Kill Chain.
• Translate threat models into detection use cases and SIEM rules.
• Produce reports and dashboards to communicate security posture.
• Partner with IT, DevOps, and compliance to enforce secure configs.
• Provide mentorship to junior staff.
• Maintain security procedure documentation and runbooks.
• Support pre-sales with technical requirements.

Skills

SIEM engineering

QRadar

KQL

SPL

AQL

Python

PowerShell

Threat detection

MITRE ATT&CK

Incident response

Tools

IBM QRadar

ServiceNow

XSOAR

Logic Apps

Azure

AWS

Splunk

Microsoft Office

Job description

Anson Mccade is seeking a Senior SOC Engineer to strengthen security operations in Glasgow. The role focuses on deploying and optimising the QRadar SIEM, onboarding log sources, and developing detection rules across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will lead incident response playbooks, integrate with SOAR platforms, and collaborate with threat intelligence teams to continuously improve detection logic and security posture. On‑site with 24/7 on-call support, in Glasgow, UK.