Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

Stevenage | Up to £92 per hour (Inside IR35) | 24 Month Contract | Onsite Stevenage

We're supporting a leading organisation within the Defence sector in the recruitment of a Cyber Security Engineer to join a mature Cyber Security Operations function.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on the implementation, maintenance, optimisation and integration of security technologies across complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

Administer and maintain SIEM and security monitoring platforms

Configure and optimise log ingestion, correlation rules and alerting

Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Python and Regex

Integrate security technologies using APIs, HTTP/S and JSON

Implement, maintain and optimise cyber security tooling

Manage platform upgrades, patching and technology refresh activities

Administer security appliance certificates and lifecycle activities

Onboard new data sources into security platforms

Lead tool integration and capability enhancement projects

Support incident investigations through advanced queries and custom scripting

Maintain platform availability, resilience and performance

Work closely with SOC analysts to improve detection capabilities and reduce false positives

Support change management, CAB activities and technical implementation planning

Essential Technical Skills

Security Platforms

SIEM administration and support

Security tooling implementation and maintenance

Log onboarding and data source integration

Detection engineering and alert tuning

Scripting & Automation

PowerShell

Python

Regex

Integration Technologies

REST APIs

HTTP/S

JSON

Infrastructure

Active Directory

LDAP

Windows Server

IIS

SMB Storage

Linux / Unix

NFS Storage

VMware

Hyper-V

Virtual Networking

Security Engineering

Certificate Management

PKI

Software Upgrades

Security Platform Refresh Activities

End of Life (EOL) Migrations

End of Support (EOS) Upgrades

Security Appliance Administ...