SIEM Engineer

SIEM Engineer

Tool: LogRhythm Specialist

Industry: Defence/National Security

Location: 5 days onsite in Bracknell

The Opportunity:

For the UK Government, maintaining National Security is a relentless, around-the-clock operation. To support its complex intelligence and military initiatives, the MoD has partnered with this Firm for over 50 years to empower critical thinking and drive value across its strategic technology investments.

The Role:

This award-winning Cyber Security Team seeks a talented SIEM Engineer to define and implement a state-of-the-art LogRhythm solution designed to monitor secure MoD devices - capturing all critical logs and handling over 50,000 messages per second.

Working closely with leading LRDE experts, you'll be instrumental in shaping high-level and low-level designs (HLDs/LLDs), defining Log Processing Policies, and advancing endpoint monitoring. Additionally, you’ll oversee crucial elements like File Integrity, User Activity, Registry, and Network Activity Monitoring, driving forward the vision of a truly secure environment.

Essential Requirements:

• Sole British National - holding SC Clearance with the ability/willingness to obtain DV Clearance upon joining
• Deep hands-on experience with LogRhythm SIEM and NetMon environments.
• Proven ability to create and implement custom Regex rules, and tackle high-volume message traffic.
• A strong technical background, with the vision to lead on architecture while keeping an eye on the operational details.
• Experience aligning solutions with frameworks like GPG13 and JSP440.
• A natural collaborator and technical leader who can build strong relationships with engineering teams and senior stakeholders alike.
• Bonus if holding LRDE certification

Benefits Package:

• Base Salary: Up to £60,000 (DoE)
• DV Bonus: 10% - Paid Monthly
• Car Allowance: £6,000
• Annual Bonus: 10%
• Pension: 10% Double matching contributions
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Cover
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus Public Holidays
• Life Assurance: 2 x Salary life assurance
• EAP: Employee Assistance Programme / Virtual GP
• L&D: Elite Training Programmes and opportunities for Certification funding

For more information, please apply below or contact me directly.

Contact: 02077806706

Email: george.bates@ansonmccade.com

LinkedIn: George Bates | LinkedIn

SIEM Engineer