SIEM Engineer

Capgemini; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a SIEM Engineer and play a pivotal role in enhancing cybersecurity. You will design, implement, and maintain Elastic SIEM infrastructure, ensuring robust security monitoring and incident response. Collaborate with a global team of experts while working onsite in Warwick. This position offers the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge technology and contribute to a sustainable future. If you're passionate about cybersecurity and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Elastic Stack and strong cybersecurity knowledge required.
• Experience with scripting and automation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Elastic SIEM infrastructure for security monitoring.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents using Elastic SIEM capabilities.

Skills

Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats)

Cybersecurity principles and practices

Scripting and automation (Python, Shell scripting)

Problem-solving and analytical skills

Communication and teamwork abilities

Regulatory compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA)

Job description

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About the role you're considering

The Cyber Delivery Team sits within a wider Managed Services function, residing in the Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) UK business line. You will have the opportunity to interact with our global team of security experts, from Architects to Engineers, Analysts to Compliance Managers. Outreach in CIS doesn’t just stop at security, as we actively encourage our staff to engage with other areas of the business and local communities.

We are seeking a skilled SIEM Engineer with expertise in Elastic SIEM to join our cybersecurity team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our customers Elastic SIEM infrastructure to ensure robust security monitoring and incident response capabilities.

Embedded with an existing Customer SOC, you will provide Engineering support and expertise for the customers Elastic SIEM implementation, working alongside Capgemini SOC analysts and the customer SOC team.

This role is required to be onsite 5 days per week in Warwick

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

• Design and Implementation: Install and maintain the architecture for Elastic SIEM, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Monitoring and Analysis: Create custom dashboards and visualisations using the Elastic Stack for real-time monitoring and analysis of security events.
• Data Integration: Integrate various data sources into Elasticsearch, ensuring data quality and consistency through ETL processes.
• Incident Response: Investigate and respond to security incidents, leveraging Elastic SIEM capabilities to identify and mitigate threats.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance of Elastic Stack clusters to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Security Best Practices: Implement and maintain security best practices for Elastic Stack, including access controls, encryption, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and technical reports.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

• Proficiency in Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats).
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Experience with scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Shell scripting).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical skills and strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Experience of other SIEM platforms such as Sentinel would be preferred although not mandatory.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.
Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want ‘ mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.
You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.
Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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Posted on: 17 Apr 2025

Experience Level: Experienced Professionals