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Posted 07 August, 2026

SIEM Detection Engineer

Harvey Nash
Slough, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

SIEM Detection Engineer - (Havant/Reading/Hybrid) - Inside IR35

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Day Rate - up to £700

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Duration - 6 months

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Harvey Nash's Client have a requirement for a SIEM Engineer, you must be SC Cleared to commence this post. You will support the team in:

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  • Lead onboarding and integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel to ensure complete and reliable security telemetry
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  • Develop custom parsers and data transformations to normalise and enrich ingested data
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  • Design and optimise KQL queries to support effective threat detection and investigation
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  • Create and maintain analytic rules and detection logic aligned to emerging threats and business use cases
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  • Develop Logic Apps and SOAR workflows to automate response and reduce manual effort
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  • Implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/Git) to support controlled deployment of SIEM content (rules, parsers, playbooks)
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  • Automate deployment and configuration across environments to improve consistency and speed of delivery
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  • Perform ongoing tuning and optimisation of detections to improve fidelity and reduce false positives
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