SOC Engineer

EDF Energy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a SOC Engineer to join their Cyber Defence team. This hybrid role, featuring a salary of £60,000, involves protecting critical systems and data. Responsibilities include managing SIEM platforms, onboarding log sources, and enhancing cybersecurity measures. The ideal candidate will have experience with Azure Sentinel and understanding of incident response. The company promotes a culture of inclusion and offers customisable benefits to support personal growth and wellbeing.

Benefits

Market-leading pension scheme

Customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience in configuring and managing SIEM platforms.
• Understanding of cyber incident response and NIST domains.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Configuring and managing SIEM platforms.
• Onboarding log sources and improving detection logic.
• Maintaining and updating platforms.
• Managing and configuring EDR across an enterprise estate.
• Aligning SIEM use cases to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Developing automation and tactical roadmaps for SIEM services.

Skills

Designing and configuring SIEM and SOAR platforms, ideally Azure Sentinel

Supporting EDR in a Microsoft 365 environment

Integrating security systems such as EDR, IPS, and firewalls

Deploying cloud platforms using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines

Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Job description

Ready to help power Britain’s energy future? At EDF, Success is Personal – and with us, your career journey is yours to shape.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a SOC Engineer to join our Cyber Defence team and play a key role in protecting EDF UK’s critical systems and data. Your work will help us deliver secure services and support An Electric Britain on its journey to net zero. This is a hybrid role working from home and occasionally attending either our Gloucester, London, Hove or Doxford office with a salary of £60,000 (DOE). You’ll collaborate with IT teams and security specialists to configure and manage our SIEM platform, onboard log sources, and optimise detection capabilities. You’ll also maintain dashboards to ensure visibility across the SOC.

Who You Are

• Designing and configuring SIEM and SOAR platforms, ideally Azure Sentinel
• Supporting EDR in a Microsoft 365 environment
• Integrating security systems such as EDR, IPS, and firewalls with SOC and SIEM
• Deploying cloud platforms using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

You’ll also understand cyber incident response, NIST domains, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Configuring and managing SIEM platforms
• Onboarding log sources and improving detection logic
• Maintaining and updating platforms
• Managing and configuring EDR across an enterprise estate
• Aligning SIEM use cases to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK
• Developing automation and tactical roadmaps for SIEM services

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a salary of £60,000 (DOE), you’ll enjoy a market‑leading pension scheme and customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, and more. At EDF, we believe success has many definitions. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us. Everyone is welcome at EDF. We’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we’ll support applicants requiring adjustments.

Closing date for applications

27.01.2026

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