SOC Engineer - SIEM & SOAR

Job Description

Role: SOC -SOC Engineer - SIEM & SOAR

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.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement

Role Description

Responsible for the configuration, optimisation, and integration of SIEM and SOAR platforms - Splunk Enterprise Security and SOAR. The role focuses on ensuring the platforms are stable, scalable, and effectively supporting detection, automation, and incident response across the SOC.

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Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain SIEM and SOAR platforms - Splunk ES, Splunk SOAR

• Design and implement integrations between SIEM/SOAR and security tools such as EDR, Vulnerability Management, etc.

• Develop and maintain SOAR playbooks to automate investigation and response actions

• Support onboarding of log sources into SIEM, ensuring proper parsing and normalisation

• Optimise platform performance, search efficiency, and data pipelines

• Troubleshoot issues across SIEM/SOAR (data ingestion, alerts, playbooks, integrations)

• Work with Detection Engineers to operationalise detection use cases

• Implement enrichment workflows (threat intel, asset context, identity data)

• Support incident response by ensuring automation and data availability

• Maintain documentation for integrations, playbooks, and platform configurations

Role Requirements

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

The following skills and experience are essential for this role

• 4–7 years experience in SIEM, SOAR, or security engineering roles

• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (e.g. Splunk) and/or SOAR tools

Skills

• Strong understanding of SIEM architecture and log management

• Experience building integrations using APIs, scripts (Python, PowerShell, etc.)

• Knowledge of automation and orchestration in security operations

• Understanding of security tooling (EDR, IAM, network security)

• Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Certifications (Desirable)

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

• Splunk SOAR Automation Developer

• Relevant vendor certifications (SIEM/SOAR/tools)

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.

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