At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and enhance cyber security infrastructure while tackling real-world security challenges.
- Company: Join a rapidly growing cyber security team within a large enterprise tech organisation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible benefits, funded learning opportunities, and strong career progression.
- Other info: Enjoy a hybrid working pattern and a supportive, collaborative team environment.
- Why this job: Make a difference in customer security and work with cutting-edge SOC technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in SOC Engineering, cloud security, and familiarity with Microsoft tools.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 70000 £ per year.
Salary: £30,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements
- Experience in SOC Engineering, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, or Cyber Engineering.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender.
- Experience with EDR, XDR, and MDR technologies.
- Experience with vulnerability management tools such as Tenable or Qualys.
- Familiarity with Azure, Microsoft 365, Intune, or AWS environments.
- Experience supporting security tooling, infrastructure, and cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.
- Experience with SIEM technologies and security monitoring.
- Basic scripting or automation skills using KQL, PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
- Experience working in ITIL environments and structured change control processes.
- Familiarity with firewall, endpoint, or cloud security technologies.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Organised, collaborative, proactive, and self-driven.
- Ability to work in a customer-facing environment and take ownership of issues.
- Relevant certifications such as SC-200, SC-900, AZ-500, or CISSP are advantageous.
- Eligibility for UK Security Clearance, including the right to work in the UK and meeting residency requirements.
Responsibilities
- Act as a technical escalation point and engineering SME across SOC technologies including SIEM, MDR/XDR, EDR, vulnerability management, and cloud security tooling.
- Support, maintain, and improve cyber security infrastructure across enterprise customer environments.
- Work with internal teams and customers to onboard, configure, and optimise security technologies and services.
- Investigate and resolve platform issues, security alerts, log source health problems, and tooling-related incidents.
- Configure and support technologies such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Tenable, and related security platforms.
- Assist with vulnerability scanning, remediation support, and operational security improvements.
- Contribute to automation and scripting initiatives using KQL, PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and security playbooks.
- Support governance and compliance activities aligned to ISO27001, GDPR, and NCSC guidance.
- Work collaboratively across infrastructure, cloud, networking, and cyber teams to improve service delivery and operational resilience.
- Stay up to date with emerging cyber threats, technologies, and security best practice.
- Contribute to continual improvement initiatives across the SOC function.
Technologies
- AWS
- Azure
- Bash
- Cloud
- Firewall
- Support
- ITIL
- Linux
- Microsoft 365
- PowerShell
- Python
- Security
- Windows
- Office 365
We are a rapidly growing cyber security function within a large enterprise technology organisation, offering a hands-on, engineering-led SOC role based in Birmingham with a hybrid working pattern of three days onsite. We provide a salary of £45,000 to £50,000 plus an excellent benefits package, a flexible benefits scheme, access to industry-leading SOC technology and tooling, dedicated weekly training and development time, fully funded learning opportunities and partner-led certifications, conference and industry event opportunities, and strong career progression. Our team is supportive, collaborative, highly technical, and focused on enterprise-scale cloud and cyber environments, with the opportunity to help improve customer security capabilities and showcase a cutting-edge SOC to visiting customers and stakeholders.
SOC Engineer - Cyber employer: Sivara GmbH
Join a rapidly growing cyber security function within a large enterprise technology organisation based in Birmingham, where you will thrive in a supportive and collaborative work culture. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer dedicated training time, fully funded learning opportunities, and a flexible benefits scheme, ensuring you have the tools to advance your career while working with cutting-edge SOC technologies. Enjoy a hybrid working pattern that promotes work-life balance, alongside the chance to make a meaningful impact on customer security capabilities.
