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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT SOC Engineer - **Company:** Nationwide Platforms - **Location:** Lutterworth, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Databases, Information Technology Operations, Python (Programming Language), Security Information and Event Management, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Malware Detection, 3-tier Architectures, Splunk, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/soc-engineer/nationwide-platforms-job107900526 ## About the Role * Developing and implementing SIEM solutions for large enterprises or SOC service providers. * Have strong experience in assessing and implementing operational tools, such as a SOAR platform, and processes for a Security Operations Centre (SOC) * Have a good technical understanding of modern and legacy enterprise technologies * Advanced industry-standard SOC Security qualifications (SANS, ISC2, etc.). * Proven Tier 3 SOC Engineering experience (2 years) * Demonstrable experience working with SIEM technology and SIEM engineering (including tool configuration), i.e. within an enterprise SOC. * Experience in the creation of use cases, analytics and playbooks. * Experience with automation languages, such as Python * An understanding of cloud technologies. * Perform triage of security events; determine scope, priority and impact, and make recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. * Conduct real-time management of security incidents from detection to resolution. * Degree-level qualification; preferably in a technical, engineering or computing subject * Strong understanding of Splunk SIEM and SOAR solutions. ## Description The SOC Engineer role will be part of the LOXAM Security Operations Centre and will report to the Director of Security Operations. The SOC Engineer's primary role will be to develop and maintain Security Operations Centre (SOC) tools, including Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), to define and continuously develop a use case-driven logging, monitoring and response capability to ensure responsiveness and resilience to cyber security threats. This role will involve a mix of technical security skills, project planning, security operations, and governance, including maintaining security operations processes and procedures and demonstrating that security controls are embedded across the SOC team. The role will require analytical skills, solid IT skills, and an understanding of the practical application of information security. The role will require working closely with the IT and business functions at all levels in all operating countries to ensure security-related activities are completed., * Develop content for a complex and growing SIEM infrastructure. This includes use cases, dashboards, active channels, reports, rules, filters, trends and active lab sessions. * Use SIEM in the daily operational work, which includes but is not limited to administering, operating, and managing the SIEM platform and regular activities of ensuring the health of log sources, parsers, alerts, reports, etc. and ensuring that the platform is operating as planned. * Monitor SIEM and other event sources, assess, prioritise, escalate and manage security alerts. * Perform analysis of security, network, database and application logs, correlate events and activities to create threat scenarios in order to get ahead of threat actors and reduce exposure. * Help the imminent threat/zero-day response function across the environment. * Translate threat intelligence into actionable security across tools such as firewalls, IPS and malware detection across multiple security vendor platforms. * Support the tracking and resolution of security incidents on occasion, and collaborate with other teams for resolution and suggest areas for improvement. * Must have experience building custom connectors/parsers, etc., to point devices or IT assets that are not supported out of the box. * Continuous work with IT Operations to fine-tune security solutions to reduce the occurrence of false positive and false negative alerts. * Working knowledge and experience with the MITRE framework for cyber adversary tactics and techniques ## Related Videos - [Crypto-secure Data Management with In-Database Blockchain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/632-crypto-secure-data-management-with-in-database-blockchain) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Build Delightful Mobile Experiences with Kotlin, Realm, and Atlas Device Sync](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/694-build-delightful-mobile-experiences-with-kotlin-realm-and-atlas-device-sync) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) ## Related Articles - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk)