SIEM Application Engineer (Elastic Security) - Manchester, UK

Randstad Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a skilled SIEM Application Engineer to join the team in Manchester. The role focuses on optimizing the Elastic Stack, ensuring regulatory compliance through effective detection mechanisms, and fine-tuning performance for maximum efficiency. You'll leverage your 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience to own security outcomes and utilize Kibana for data visualization. This is a hybrid role with a competitive pay rate of £450 - £550 per day, inside IR35.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience focused on Elastic Stack.
• Proven ability to implement detection mechanisms based on the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Expertise in optimizing Elasticsearch and Logstash for performance.

Responsibilities

• Master the Elastic Stack and optimize its delivery.
• Engineer high-fidelity detection rules and enforce compliance.
• Fine-tune Elasticsearch for maximum performance and efficiency.
• Own security outcomes and visualize data using Kibana.

Skills

Elastic Stack expertise

Cybersecurity engineering

Detection rule engineering

Performance tuning

Kibana utilization

Job description

Overview

Role : SIEM Application Engineer

Type : Contract (3 Months)

Location : Birmingham / Manchester, UK (Hybrid 3 days a week)

Payrate : £450 - £550 per day INSIDE IR35 Umbrella

Responsibilities

• Elastic Stack Mastery: 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience, specializing in the end-to-end delivery, optimization, and operation of the Elastic Stack (ELK), with a focus on Elastic Security.
• Detection & Compliance Expert: Proven ability to engineer high-fidelity detection rules based on the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, alongside implementing essential security controls like RBAC, encryption, and data governance to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Performance & Tuning Specialist: Deep technical skill in fine-tuning Elasticsearch indices and mappings and optimizing Logstash pipelines for maximum performance, throughput, and efficient resource utilization.
• Outcome Ownership: Results-driven professional focused on owning security outcomes, leveraging Kibana for critical data visualization, real-time monitoring, and system health tracking.