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# Senior Application Engineer (SIEM)

- **Company:** Leonardo UK
- **Location:** Yeovil, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £44,171.0 - £61,950.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Data Analysis, Applications Architecture, Application Lifecycle Management, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Parsing, Role-Based Access Control, Security Information and Event Management, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Security, Splunk
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=02729a0405a9b0ea

## About the Role

* Solid experience in supporting, configuring, and enhancing security tooling platforms (e.g. SIEM, EDR, or similar)
 * Ability to solve moderately complex application-related issues and contribute to 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 mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Core areas (must have):

 * Support, configuration, and enhancement of security tooling platforms (SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management)
 * Log and event management including ingestion, parsing, and correlation of system and security logs
 * Integration of security tooling with platform, network, and identity services
 * Operational support and tuning of security tooling in live environments
 * Application lifecycle management (deployment, maintenance, upgrades, decommissioning)
 * Integration patterns and identity management (e.g. SSO, RBAC, API integration)
 * Secure-by-design principles and application security practices
 * Technical problem solving and resolution of application-related issues
 * Collaboration with engineering, SOC, and service management teams
 * Experience working within security and ITIL-aligned environments
 * Delivery within secure / enterprise / defence environments

Desirable:

 * Experience with SIEM / EDR / vulnerability management tools (e.g. Splunk, Trellix, Tenable, or similar)
 * SOAR platforms and automation of security response workflows
 * Integration with monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems
 * Threat detection, analytics, and use case development
 * Experience integrating with enterprise services (Active Directory, identity platforms)
 * Exposure to DevOps / CI-CD practices
 * Experience working in secure or regulated environments

## Description

* Support, configure, and enhance security tooling platforms (e.g. SIEM, EDR) that underpin threat detection and response
 * Deliver engineering tasks within defined work packages, ensuring alignment with user needs, security requirements, and service-level objectives.
 * Contribute to application architecture, integration, and lifecycle activities under the guidance of senior engineers.
 * Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, service management, and business teams to resolve technical issues.
 * Mentor junior engineers and specialists, supporting their development and promoting best practices.
 * Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
 * Ensure compliance with engineering governance, ITSM processes, and cyber security policies.


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