SIEM Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Hybrid, based in Birmingham with 3 days in the office

Company

hirify.global is a UK communications group operating brands including BT, EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

What you will do

• Design, develop, operate, and support BT’s strategic network SIEM.
• Configure Elasticsearch pipelines to ingest security data, primarily from Kafka, as well as from networking equipment, servers, firewalls, and security appliances.
• Enrich security data with threat intelligence feeds and contextual information.
• Design and implement SIEM solutions and security detection use cases with security analysts and architects.
• Tune, optimize, and retire detection use cases while monitoring SIEM infrastructure performance.
• Support security engineering projects and work with security operations and incident response systems.

Requirements

• Proven experience in SIEM detection engineering and security logging and monitoring.
• Experience with SIEM, NGFW, proxy, IAM, vulnerability management, access management, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience with detection tuning, log source onboarding, and normalization.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including investigation of complex security events.
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, modern cyber threats, and security operations.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of engineering experience delivering cybersecurity solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Elastic Stack and ELK.
• Knowledge of offensive testing frameworks, Linux, Windows, and network administration.
• Experience with cloud services, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Git, DevOps, Terraform, or Ansible.
• Cybersecurity qualifications and knowledge of the Telecoms Security Act and related regulatory frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• 10% on-target annual bonus.
• Private GP access, paid carers leave, and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• BT and EE product discounts.
• Pension scheme with 5% employee and 10% employer contributions.
• Holiday purchase scheme with additional healthcare, dental, and gym options.