Job DescriptionRole: SOC -Security Content Engineer
Location: London
Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: Specialist
Role DescriptionThe Security Content Engineer designs, develops, and optimises detection logic, correlation rules, and analytic content across SOC platforms. They ensure the SOC maintains high detection efficacy with minimal false positives.
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Julie Sweet, Accenture CEOQualificationKey Responsibilities- Design and implement detection use cases in SIEM and SOAR platforms based on threat intelligence and incident trends.
- Develop and maintain detection logic aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and organisational threat models.
- Tune and optimise existing correlation rules to reduce noise and improve accuracy.
- Validate detections through controlled simulations and red team feedback
- Collaborate with the SOC Tooling Engineer to ensure efficient data source utilisation and parsing logic.
- Document detection use cases, logic, testing methodology, and expected outputs.
- Support compliance and audit efforts by ensuring use-case traceability and documentation.
- Review post-incident findings to enhance detection and response coverage.
- Maintain a repository of SOC use cases, KPIs, and performance metrics.
Role Requirements- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, or related field
- Experience: 6-8 years in SOC content engineering, detection development, or SIEM administration.
- Certifications (preferred): Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin / Engineer, GIAC GCDA, or similar.
The following skills and experience are essential for this role- Strong SIEM query writing (e.g., SPL, KQL), regex, data modelling and familiarity with ATT&CK mappings.
Please Note. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typicallyrequires 10years 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
Closing Date for Applications: 01/06/2026Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
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