Senior Application Engineer (SIEM)

Description

The company pays by a grade-based framework with broad bands. The advertised range is either the approved band for this role or a narrower hiring range inside it, benchmarked against the external market. Offers above the standard range go through governance controls to keep pay fair internally.

The company runs Cyber & Security Solutions Division work for defence, government and public sector customers. The team delivers, maintains and improves platform and systems engineering solutions, and this Senior Application Engineer role supports enterprise applications that underpin national security and critical services.

You will keep business-critical platforms secure, scalable and matched to operational needs, working with engineering and service teams on technical delivery and ongoing improvement. You will lead on solving customer problems in an agile, team-centred way.

The role is based at the company's Yeovil site in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Support, configure and enhance security tooling such as SIEM and EDR that supports threat detection and response.
• Deliver engineering tasks within set work packages, meeting user needs, security requirements and service-level objectives.
• Help with application architecture, integration and lifecycle work, guided by senior engineers.
• Work with engineering, service management and business teams to resolve technical issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and specialists, helping them grow and spreading good practice.
• Take part in continuous improvement, including automation, documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Follow engineering governance, ITSM processes and cyber security policies.

Requirements

• Solid experience supporting, configuring and enhancing security tooling such as SIEM, EDR or similar.
• Ability to resolve moderately complex application issues and help build secure, scalable solutions.
• Understanding of application lifecycle management, integration patterns and secure-by-design principles.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering and business teams.
• A proactive approach and a drive to improve and share knowledge.
• Must have: supporting, configuring and enhancing security tooling including SIEM, EDR and vulnerability management.
• Must have: log and event management, including ingestion, parsing and correlation of system and security logs.
• Must have: integrating security tooling with platform, network and identity services.
• Must have: operational support and tuning of security tooling in live environments.
• Must have: application lifecycle management covering deployment, maintenance, upgrades and decommissioning.
• Must have: integration patterns and identity management, such as SSO, RBAC and API integration.
• Must have: secure-by-design principles and application security practice.
• Must have: technical problem solving and resolving application issues.
• Must have: collaborating with engineering, SOC and service management teams.
• Must have: experience in security and ITIL-aligned environments.
• Must have: delivery within secure, enterprise or defence environments.
• Nice to have: experience with SIEM, EDR or vulnerability management tools such as Splunk, Trellix, Tenable or similar.
• Nice to have: SOAR platforms and automating security response workflows.
• Nice to have: integration with monitoring, alerting and incident response systems.
• Nice to have: threat detection, analytics and use case development.
• Nice to have: experience integrating with enterprise services such as Active Directory and identity platforms.
• Nice to have: exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Nice to have: experience in secure or regulated environments.
• Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is required before starting. Pre-employment screening follows the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with additional National Security Vetting (NSV) controls applying. Guidance is available on the company's security and vetting page.

Conditions

Pay is set by a grade-based framework; the advertised range is the approved band or a narrower hiring range within it.

The role may be hybrid, mixing home working with time on site at a the company office to work closely with the team and customers.

Based at the Yeovil site, Lysander Road, UK.

Permanent contract.

Onsite working setup as listed.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and supports accessibility needs during recruitment.

Benefits

• Up to 12 additional flexi-days of leave each year.
• Pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Free access to mental health support, financial advice and employee-led networks.
• Free access to 4,000+ online courses through Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Up to £500 a year in flexible benefits, such as private healthcare, lifestyle discounts and gym memberships.
• Flexible hours with hybrid working options.
• Full benefits list available on the company website.