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Security Engineer - DV Cleared

Farnborough
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Security Engineer - Defence & National Security (DV Cleared)
Location: Farnborough / Hybrid | Clearance: DV Cleared | Salary: £82k + benefits

Are you ready to apply your security expertise to projects that really matter? Join a fast-growing digital consultancy delivering some of the UK's most innovative work across Defence and National Security. With long-term programmes already in place, you'll have the chance to work at the forefront of security monitoring and engineering for critical systems.

A Security Engineer is required to support high-impact programmes in secure environments. Working closely with the lead Security Architect, you'll play a key role in deploying and configuring modern security tooling across complex platforms. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on engineering, improving SOC effectiveness, and shaping threat detection capabilities at scale.

What you'll be doing

Deploying and configuring security tools including SIEM, vulnerability scanning and endpoint monitoring
Developing use cases, alerts, and dashboards to support active threat detection
Writing and maintaining SOC playbooks and triage workflows
Performing 2nd line security monitoring, incident triage and investigation
Supporting security assurance activities and documentation across the programme lifecycle
Working with cross-functional teams in a high-assurance, cloud-native environmentWhat you'll bring

Strong experience configuring and optimising SIEM tooling (e.g. Splunk, Elastic)
Proven ability to create use cases, alerts, and visualisations for SOC effectiveness
Hands-on experience writing playbooks and operational processes for security events
A current DV (Developed Vetting) clearance (this is a higher level than security clearance)
Willingness to be on site in Farnborough 2 days per weekBonus if you have:

Familiarity with MOD policy (e.g. JSP 440, JSP 604) and assurance practices
Experience with CI/CD tools, Kubernetes and modern DevSecOps approaches
Knowledge of Tenable/Nessus, vulnerability management and SOC operations
Exposure to working within a defence, security or mission-critical environmentLooking for a role where your expertise has real-world impact in a secure, fast-paced programme?

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