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Detection Engineer

United Kingdom, Farnborough 55000.00 - 65000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted May 11, 2026
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Detection Engineer | Cyber Security | Farnborough (Hybrid – 2 days onsite) | Up to £65,000 + Excellent Benefits | SC Clearance (or eligibility required) | Ready to engineer the frontline of cyber defence? We're working with a highly respected cyber security operation supporting critical defence environments, seeking a Detection Engineer to strengthen and evolve advanced threat detection capability across secure enterprise environments. This is a hands-on technical role where you'll design, build and optimise detection logic across SIEM platforms, working directly against real-world attacker techniques in a mature, high-performing SOC. You'll have the autonomy to shape detection strategy, influence capability development, and act as a technical SME within a complex MSSP environment.

Job Responsibility

  • Engineering and refining advanced SIEM detections across secure environments
  • Researching emerging threats and mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK
  • Tuning detections to improve fidelity and reduce false positives
  • Supporting SOC analysts and wider engineering teams with technical expertise
  • Driving detection maturity and technical standards

Requirements

  • Strong Splunk (SPL) and/or Microsoft Sentinel (KQL) experience
  • Detection engineering experience within enterprise or MSSP environments
  • Solid understanding of attacker TTPs and threat detection methodologies
  • Scripting ability (Python / PowerShell)
  • Knowledge of cloud and enterprise infrastructure
  • SC Cleared or eligible

Nice to have

  • QRadar
  • EDR threat hunting
  • CrowdStrike
  • Defender for Endpoint

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