SOC Platform Engineer - Cloud & SIEM Automation

International Business Machines Corporation; Hursley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Sabbatical program

Paternity leave

Maternity leave

Maternity returners scheme

Private medical

Dental cover

Optical cover

Employee Assistance Program

Life assurance

Group pension

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a SOC Engineer specialising in Security Platform Engineering to design, build, and integrate security monitoring platforms across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments within client engagements.

You will work with SIEM and cloud‑native security tooling such as Chronicle, Google SecOps, and Azure/AWS, develop log ingestion pipelines, and contribute to automation and documentation while collaborating with SOC analysts and senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong background in infrastructure or cloud engineering with security exposure.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, build, and maintenance of security monitoring platforms across cloud, hybrid, and on‑premise environments.
• Assist with the deployment and integration of SIEM and cloud‑native security platforms, including Google SecOps / Chronicle and similar technologies
• Build and maintain log ingestion pipelines, ensuring reliable data flow across multiple systems
• Support integration of security tooling across environments, including Cloud services (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• EDR/XDR platforms and network security technologies (e.g. Palo Alto)
• Contribute to automation of platform deployment and configuration using scripting or infrastructure‑as‑code
• Produce and maintain technical documentation (runbooks, designs, configurations)
• Work with SOC analysts and stakeholders

Skills

Cloud engineering

Security tooling

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Client-facing

Team collaboration

Tools

SIEM

Google SecOps/Chronicle

Splunk

QRadar

Cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a SOC Engineer specialising in Security Platform Engineering to design, build, and integrate security monitoring platforms across cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem environments within client engagements.

You will work with SIEM and cloud‑native security tooling such as Chronicle, Google SecOps, and Azure/AWS, develop log ingestion pipelines, and contribute to automation and documentation while collaborating with SOC analysts and senior engineers.