Senior Threat Management Consultant - Public Sector UK

IBM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Maternity returners

Private medical

Dental & vision

Pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow seeks a Senior Security Consultant - Threat Management to strengthen and modernise Security Operations across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. You will design detection strategies, develop detection content, and enhance SIEM/SOAR capabilities while delivering advisory and engineering engagements.

You will work closely with client security teams and stakeholders, crafting high-quality documentation and leading workshops to present findings to technical and

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within Threat Management, Detection Engineering, Security Operations, Incident Response, or Threat Hunting environments.
• Hands-on experience with one or more major SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Chronicle or LogRhythm.
• Experience developing detection logic, analytics rules, use cases, and threat hunting content.
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and threat-informed defence principles.
• Experience supporting or leading incident investigation and response activities.
• Knowledge of cloud security monitoring across Azure, AWS, or GCP environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and improving SIEM and security monitoring capabilities.
• Developing and tuning detection content, analytics rules, and correlation logic.
• Conducting threat hunting exercises aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and client threat profiles.
• Supporting incident response, investigation, and post-incident improvement activities.
• Delivering SOC maturity assessments, capability reviews, and uplift roadmaps.
• Integrating and optimising telemetry across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, and application environments.
• Designing and improving SOAR playbooks and automated response workflows.
• Advising clients on detection engineering standards, operational processes, and security monitoring strategy.
• Producing high-quality technical documentation, runbooks, operating procedures, and client deliverables.
• Leading workshops and presenting findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Threat Management

Security Operations

SIEM

MITRE ATT&CK

Incident Response

Cloud security

KQL

SPL

Python

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

QRadar

Elastic

Chronicle

LogRhythm

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow seeks a Senior Security Consultant - Threat Management to strengthen and modernise Security Operations across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. You will design detection strategies, develop detection content, and enhance SIEM/SOAR capabilities while delivering advisory and engineering engagements.

You will work closely with client security teams and stakeholders, crafting high-quality documentation and leading workshops to present findings to technical and