Cyber Security Engineer


Company:	Carbon60
Salary:	£90 to £100 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Stevenage, SG1 2DA
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	3 Nov 2026
Closing date:	17 Nov 2026

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Summary

Cyber Security Engineer

Key Information:

Contract: 24 Months

Rate: Up to £700 per day (Inside IR35)

Location: Stevenage

Onsite Requirement: 4/5 days per week

Security Clearance : Active DV Clearance required

We're supporting a leading defence organisation on the search for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a growing Cyber Security Operations function.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on large-scale security tooling, detection capabilities and SOC technologies within a complex, highly secure environment. You'll play a key role in enhancing security visibility, improving detection capabilities and supporting the ongoing evolution of cyber defence tooling.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting and improving SOC security tooling and capabilities

Managing and optimising SIEM and threat detection platforms

Developing and enhancing automation and security playbooks

Supporting tool integrations, data onboarding and log ingestion

Investigating security events and improving detection coverage

Assisting with platform upgrades, maintenance and lifecycle activities

Working closely with analysts, engineers and security stakeholders to deliver new capabilities

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with Cyber Security Engineers, SOC Engineers and Security Engineers who have experience with some of the following:

SIEM technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk or QRadar

Security Operations Centre (SOC) environments

Threat detection, threat hunting or incident response

Scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell or similar

Security tooling, integrations and log management

Microsoft Defender, XDR or other endpoint security platforms

You don't need experience across everything listed above. If you have a strong security engineering background and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd encourage you to apply.

Please note - Active DV Clearance is required to apply for the role.

If you're interested in learning more, please Apply for a confidential discussion.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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