SIEM Engineer (Elastic)

Searchability; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £90,000 DOE

£5,400 car allowance

25 days holiday + bank holidays and in

Matched contributory pension up to 6%

Single private medical cover

4 x life insurance

3% flexible benefit allowance

Job summary

Searchability is seeking an Elastic Stack SME to design, implement, and manage enterprise Elastic Stack platforms on an on-premises estate in Hemel Hempstead. You will own Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, Elastic Agent and Fleet, delivering SIEM, observability, threat detection and high-volume data ingestion.

The role requires 5+ years administering enterprise Elastic Stack environments, strong experience across Elastic Security and Observability, and a track record of building

Qualifications

• 5+ years administering enterprise on-premises Elastic Stack environments.
• Strong Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Elastic Agent and Fleet experience.
• Elastic Security (SIEM) and Elastic Observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, optimise and manage enterprise Elastic Stack platforms on-premises.
• Own Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, Elastic Agent and Fleet; deliver SIEM/Observability solutions.
• Produce high-level designs, low-level designs, SOPs, build guides, DR plans and operational documentation.
• Provide senior-level technical support and guidance.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Automation

Security

Observability

SIEM

Tools

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Logstash

Beats

Elastic Agent

Fleet

Splunk

Linux

Windows Server

PowerShell

REST APIs

JSON

YAML

TLS

LDAP

Active Directory

PKI

VMware

Enterprise networking

Ansible

Job description

SIEM Engineer (Elastic) – Hemel Hempstead, UK

• Up to £90,000 Depending on Experience
• Hybrid working, 3 days onsite
• Must be eligible for DV clearance

ABOUT THE CLIENT:

Our client is a well-established organisation delivering complex, secure technology solutions across enterprise environments. This is an opportunity to take technical ownership of a large-scale, on-premises Elastic estate, supporting critical monitoring, logging, security analytics and observability capabilities. Due to continued investment in their technology platforms, they are looking for an experienced Elastic Stack SME to join the team.

THE BENEFITS:

• Salary up to £90,000 DOE
• £5,400 car allowance
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays and your birthday off
• Matched contributory pension up to 6%
• Single private medical cover
• 4 x life insurance
• 3% flexible benefit allowance

THE ELASTIC STACK SME ROLE:

As an Elastic Stack SME, you will design, implement, optimise and manage enterprise Elastic Stack platforms across a secure on-premises estate. You will take technical ownership of Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, Elastic Agent and Fleet, while delivering solutions across SIEM, observability, threat detection and high-volume data ingestion.

You will design highly available and resilient platforms, optimise cluster performance, implement security controls and automation, and provide senior-level technical support. You will also produce HLDs, LLDs, SOPs, build guides, DR plans and operational documentation.

ELASTIC STACK SME ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• 5+ years administering enterprise on-premises Elastic Stack environments
• Strong Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Elastic Agent and Fleet experience
• Elastic Security (SIEM) and Elastic Observability
• Experience supporting large, highly available Elasticsearch clusters
• Splunk experience
• Linux and Windows Server
• PowerShell, REST APIs, JSON and YAML
• TLS, LDAP, Active Directory and PKI
• Strong troubleshooting, performance optimisation and automation skills
• Experience with VMware and enterprise networking

By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS

• Elastic Stack
• Elasticsearch
• Kibana
• Logstash
• Elastic Security
• Elastic Observability
• SIEM
• Elastic Agent
• Fleet
• Beats
• Splunk
• Linux
• PowerShell
• Ansible
• NSD