SIEM Engineer
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £300 to £460 per day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Location: | Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5BN |
| Company: | Experis |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | BBBH419321_1755596650 |
Summary
Role Title: SIEM Engineer
Duration: contract to run until 26/12/2025
Location: Wokingham, Hybrid 2 days onsite
Rate: £460 p/d Via Umbrella inside IR35
Clearance required: Active SC is essential
Role purpose / summary
- SIEM Deployment & Management - Set up, configure, and maintain SIEM tools like Sentinel, Elastic, ArcSight, Splunk, or QRadar.
- DR deployment, configuration & management - experience with tools like Tanium, Trellix, FireEye, Defender, Elastic EDR
- Threat Detection & Analysis - Monitor security logs, detect anomalies, and investigate potential threats.
- Incident Response - Assist analysts to analyze and mitigate security incidents & have a good understanding of SOC function
- OOTB & Custom log ingestion Creation - Deploy OOTB integrations as well as develop & deploy custom integrations for various log source types.
- Security Reporting - Generate reports on security events, trends, and system performance.
- Collaboration - Work with IT and security teams to improve overall cybersecurity posture.
- Required Skills & Qualifications
- Technical Expertise - Strong knowledge & experience in security engineering with SIEM & EDR platforms, network security, and understanding of cybersecurity frameworks.
- Certifications - CISSP, CEH, GIAC, or vendor-specific SIEM certifications.
- Programming & Scripting - Familiarity with Python, PowerShell, KQL (Kusto query language), KQL (Kibana Query Language) or other scripting languages.
- Analytical Thinking & problem solving - Ability to analyze large datasets and identify threats, mitigations, misconfigurations, etc.
- Communication Skills - Ability to document findings and communicate effectively with stakeholders
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!