Siem application engineer

Location: Birmingham Job Type: Contract Industry: Cyber Security Job reference: BBBH428424_1769081402 Posted: 3 days ago

Role: SIEM Application Engineer

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)

Duration: 3 Months

Day rate: £450-550 Inside IR35

Role Overview

The Cyber Security Consultancy Specialist will focus on building detections and alerts within a SIEM platform. This is an engineering-focused role requiring hands-on creation of rules, detections, and dashboards rather than operational alert response.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develop and implement detection rules and alerts in SIEM platforms.
2. Create dashboards and optimize Elasticsearch queries for performance.
3. Collaborate with security teams to enhance threat detection capabilities.
4. Provide consultancy with a focus on hands-on implementation.

Required Skills

5. Strong security engineering background.
6. Experience with Elastic SIEM preferred.
7. Proficiency in Elasticsearch queries and ELK stack.
8. Minimum 3 years of relevant experience (more experience welcome).