About this role
Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements: Experience as a Security Engineer, Platform Engineer, or in a similar roleHands-on experience with KubernetesExperience deploying and managing EDR agentsExperience administering and managing SplunkExperience deploying and operating Nessus for vulnerability scanning and analysisFamiliarity with container security principles and toolsFamiliarity with scripting and automationFamiliarity with configuring SIEM toolingMust be a sole British nationalMust currently hold SC clearance and be willing to go through DV clearance Responsibilities: Deploy and manage security tooling within a Kubernetes environmentAdminister and maintain Splunk for log aggregation, monitoring, alerting, and threat detectionOperate and manage Nessus for vulnerability scanning, reporting, and remediation trackingIntegrate security tools into CI/CD pipelinesAutomate security processes using scripting or infrastructure as code Technologies: CI/CDSupportKubernetesSecuritySplunk More:
Our client operates in the Defence industry and is seeking a Security Platform Engineer to support security tooling within a Kubernetes environment. We work with Splunk and Nessus to strengthen log aggregation, monitoring, alerting, threat detection, vulnerability scanning, reporting, and remediation tracking. The role also involves integrating security tools into CI/CD pipelines and automating security processes using scripting or infrastructure as code. Due to the nature of the role, candidates must be sole British nationals, currently hold SC clearance, and be willing to go through DV clearance.
last updated 29 week of 2026