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SIEM Engineer (Splunk)

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Watford, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£75,000 – £85,000 pa

Salary

£75,000 – £85,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
14 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Benefits

Car Allowance Private Healthcare Life Assurance High Employer Pension Contribution 25 Days Holiday Flexible Benefits Fund Structured Training and Development Opportunities
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Managing Security Engineer - Watford, UK

  • Up to £85,000 Depending on Experience
  • Fully on-site in position
  • DV clearance required

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client operates within a highly secure, technology-driven environment, delivering critical digital solutions that support complex and sensitive programmes. They are known for their strong engineering culture, investment in people, and commitment to high standards of security and delivery. Due to continued growth and demand, they are looking for a Managing Security Engineer to join their team.

THE BENEFITS

  • Car allowance
  • Private healthcare and life assurance
  • High employer pension contribution
  • 25 days holiday with option to buy more
  • Flexible benefits fund
  • Structured training and development opportunities

THE MANAGING SECURITY ENGINEER ROLE:

You will lead the design, implementation and optimisation of security monitoring platforms, with a focus on SIEM technologies. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will assess risk, define controls and deliver scalable, high-performance security solutions.


You will act as a technical leader, championing security by design and guiding best practice across engineering teams, while remaining hands-on with platform delivery and improvement.

MANAGING SECURITY ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • Strong hands-on experience with Splunk (Enterprise and ES), including tuning and optimisation
  • Expertise in detection engineering, including MITRE ATT and risk-based alerting
  • Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, log ingestion and schema standardisation
  • Advanced knowledge of SPL, KQL or EQL
  • Experience with SIEM operations, including scalability, high availability and performance
  • Automation experience using CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code or scripting tools
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to security improvements

TO BE CONSIDERED:

Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly via . For further information please call me: .

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

Splunk, SIEM, Detection Engineering, Cyber Security, MITRE ATTACK, SPL, KQL, EQL, Security Engineering, Log Management, Automation, Terraform, Ansible, NSD

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