Senior Data and Security Engineer

You will combine hands-on security engineering with data engineering, supporting the development and optimisation of security monitoring capabilities across complex cloud environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and optimising security log ingestion pipelines using Cribl and AWS technologies
• Managing security telemetry from AWS services including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, S3 and Kinesis
• Supporting Splunk SIEM development, detection engineering and alert optimisation
• Improving data processing, normalisation and storage to enhance detection capabilities
• Troubleshooting ingestion issues, improving performance and reducing unnecessary data volumes
• Collaborating with security analysts and government stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud security engineering experience
• Experience with Splunk, including SPL queries and detection rules
• Knowledge of log ingestion, streaming data pipelines and data normalisation
• Experience with Cribl, Kinesis, S3 and SQS
• Understanding of security controls, encryption and identity management
• Experience working within UK Government or public sector environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with technical stakeholders, KEY SKILLS: Security Engineering, Data Engineering, AWS, Splunk, Cribl, SIEM, Detection Engineering, Kinesis, S3, SQS, Cloud Security, SC Clearance, NSD

• Salary up to £85,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working, 2 days onsite per week
• 30 days annual leave
• 7% employer-matched pension
• Flexible parental leave
• Paid counselling and wellbeing support
• Structured career development and training
• Flexible benefits allowance

Our client is a technology consultancy delivering secure, resilient digital services across the UK public sector. Working with multidisciplinary engineering and security teams, they help organisations modernise critical systems and improve their security capabilities.