SIEM Application Engineer
Experis
Birmingham, United Kingdom
9 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary to permanent Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Elasticsearch
Kusto Query Language
Security Information and Event Management
Mitre Att&ck
Cybercrime
Kibana
Job description
- Analyse alerts generated by Elastic Security and validate detection accuracy.
- Tune and optimise existing Elastic SIEM detection rules to improve fidelity and reduce false positives.
- Map detections to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and identify coverage gaps.
- Produce clear detection reports, tuning documentation, and analysis summaries.
- Collaborate with SOC analysts, incident responders, and security engineering teams.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Elastic Security / Elastic SIEM, Kibana, and Elasticsearch queries (EQL/KQL).
- Strong understanding of detection logic, alert tuning, and threat behaviours.
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK.
- Strong written communication skills for reporting and documentation.
Nice to Have
- Experience in SOC, detection engineering, or threat hunting.
- Exposure to common log types (endpoint, network, cloud).
- Security certifications (Elastic, Security+, CySA+, etc.).