Location: Milton Keynes (2–3 days onsite, remainder remote)

Start: ASAP

Duration: Until March 2026

Clearance: Active SC or DV required

Rate: £550 per day, Outside IR35

We are seeking an experienced SOC Engineer to support the design, development, and operationalisation of SIEM and XDR solutions for a large-scale secure environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure and optimise Defender XDR across multi-tenant environments
• Develop detection logic, advanced hunting queries, and automated playbooks
• Support SIEM migration (on-prem to cloud) and detection-as-code deployments
• Establish activity baselines and integrate external enrichment sources
• Deploy and tune EDR, NDR, and XDR, mapping detection to MITRE ATT&CK

Skills & Experience:

• Strong Defender XDR expertise (integration, tuning, automation, KQL)
• SIEM engineering (Sentinel, LogRhythm) and Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
• Background in EDR/NDR implementation and cloud migration

This is a long-term contract in a secure setting, offering the opportunity to deliver impactful cyber security capabilities.