All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
Elastic SIEM Engineer
We are seeking an experienced Elastic SIEM Engineer to design, implement and maintain security monitoring solutions using the Elastic Stack. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing scalable log-management and threat-detection capabilities across complex cloud and containerised environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy and support Elastic SIEM solutions using Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana.
- Build and maintain log-ingestion pipelines for infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms and security tools.
- Develop Kibana dashboards, alerts, detection rules and visualisations.
- Configure data parsing, enrichment, transformation and indexing within Logstash and Elasticsearch.
- Integrate Kafka to support reliable, high-volume event streaming and log ingestion.
- Deploy and operate Elastic components within Kubernetes environments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment using Ansible and Argo CD.
- Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop scripts and automation tools to improve platform administration and operational efficiency.
- Monitor platform health, performance, availability and storage capacity.
- Troubleshoot ingestion failures, data-quality issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Implement security controls, access management, data-retention policies and platform hardening.
- Work closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud and DevOps teams.
- Produce technical documentation, operational procedures and support runbooks.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Strong experience with the Elastic Stack:
- Elasticsearch
- Logstash
- Kibana
- Experience implementing or supporting Elastic Security/Elastic SIEM.
- Strong understanding of log management, security monitoring and SIEM principles.
- Experience creating dashboards, alerts and security detection rules.
- Knowledge of Elasticsearch clusters, indexing, mappings, lifecycle management and performance optimisation.
- Experience building and supporting Logstash pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Ansible. xgikmsk
- Experience with Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies.
- Strong Kubernetes knowledge, including deploying and troublesho Please click on the apply button to read the full job description
Elasticsearch Consultant employer: Xcede
As a Mobility Engineer/Consultant with us, you'll thrive in a dynamic remote work environment that champions innovation and collaboration. We offer competitive benefits, a strong focus on employee development, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge enterprise solutions that make a real impact. Join our team and be part of a culture that values your expertise and encourages professional growth while ensuring you have the tools and support needed to excel in your role.
