SOC Engineer - London

Job Description

Role: SOC - Security Engineer

Location: London

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Specialist

Please Note. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 10 years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Role Description

A versatile engineering role within the SOC responsible for supporting and improving multiple security technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR tooling. The role focuses on enabling SOC operations through integrations, improvements, and hands-on engineering support across the security stack.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Key Responsibilities

• Support configuration and maintenance of SOC tooling - SIEM, SOAR, EDR, VM

• Assist with onboarding and integration of new data sources and security tools

• Perform basic tuning and optimisation across multiple platforms

• Support detection engineers with implementation and testing of use cases

• Troubleshoot issues across the SOC technology stack

• Assist in automation efforts, including simple SOAR playbooks and scripts

• Work with analysts to improve alert quality and operational workflows

• Support incident response with tooling, data access, and containment actions

• Maintain documentation and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

• Act as a flexible engineering resource across SOC functions

Skills

• Broad understanding of SOC tools and security operations

• Basic scripting or automation skills (Python, PowerShell, etc.)

• Familiarity with log analysis and alerting concepts

• Strong troubleshooting and adaptability across different technologies

• Good collaboration and communication skills

Role Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)

The following skills and experience are essential for this role

Experience

• 3–5 years experience in SOC, security engineering, or related roles

• Exposure to multiple security tools (SIEM, EDR, SOAR, network security tools)

Certifications (Desirable)

• Splunk Core Certified Power User

• EDR certifications such as CrowdStrike Falcon Admin, SentinelOne Admin, etc.

• Security+, GIAC GSOC, GMON,

Closing Date for Applications: 01/06/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. #LI-EU

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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