Job Title: SIEM Engineer
Location: Wokingham (3 days per week onsite)
Salary/Rate: Up to £527 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 03/03/2025
Job Type: Contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled SIEM Engineer to join their team for a three-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

1. Build and deploy innovative technical solutions to advance the security capability of the Cyber Security Operations function.
2. Manage and oversee the configuration of various security tools to enable key stakeholders, such as CSOC and Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering (THaDE).
3. Collaborate with application administrators across the business to onboard data sources into the SIEM data lake.
4. Optimise forensic telemetry collection mechanisms to ensure accurate and efficient parsing and ingestion to the SIEM.
5. Build resilient forensic telemetry collection technologies to support 24/7/365 monitoring and its control systems by CSO.
6. Spearhead process improvement and curate, update and develop an internal cyber engineering knowledgebase (bonus points if you're already skilled in Mermaid or Markdown!)

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

1. Has proven experience working with SIEM platforms and related tooling.
2. Has a strong understanding of SIEM concepts and best practices. o Is familiar with SIEM telemetry onboarding processes and techniques.
3. Is knowledgeable about various data source formats and protocols (eg, syslog, JSON, REST API).
4. Has experience in troubleshooting and resolving data quality or ingestion issues.
5. Has previously worked closely with security tooling such as EDR, Deception Tech, Malware Sandboxes, Vulnerability Management Tooling, etc.
6. Is familiar with security incident response and investigation processes.
7. Has excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
8. Has strong communication and collaboration abilities.
9. May have relevant certifications (eg GIAC), but this is not required.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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