SOC Engineer

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000

Location: Coventry (Hybrid)

We're looking for a Senior SOC L3 Detection Engineer to strengthen an enterprise security operation, with a strong focus on detection engineering, SIEM and threat detection.

What you'll be doing

Design, build and optimise advanced SIEM detection rules and correlation logic

Translate threat intelligence, TTPs and IOCs into effective detections

Tune alerts and significantly reduce false positives

Onboard, parse and normalise security logs across enterprise environments

Support complex incident investigations and threat hunting

Develop SOAR playbooks, automation and security integrations

Improve detection coverage, SOC efficiency and security monitoring capabilities

Work across SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, cloud and wider security tooling

Help develop emerging AI/agentic security use cases

What we're looking for

Strong hands-on Detection Engineering / SIEM Engineering experience

Proven experience writing and tuning detection logic

Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, attacker TTPs and the cyber kill chain

Experience reducing false positives and improving alert fidelity

Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike NG SIEM or similar

Knowledge of SOAR, automation, log pipelines and API integrations

Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex security concepts clearlyAI experience is beneficial but not essential - strong detection engineering is the priority.

Experience within automotive or manufacturing is advantageous but not required.

If you're a hands-on L3 security engineer who enjoys building better detections rather than simply responding to alerts, we'd like to hear from you