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Reading, Berkshire Contract Posted by: CBS Butler Posted: Tuesday, 27 January 2026
 
 
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SC Cleared SIEM/EDR Engineer Contract - Hybrid Reading (3 days onsite) - Immediate Start

We need a Cyber Security engineer with strong SIEM experience to join a high priority, long term rolling cyber programme (major global consultancy, household name end client) and we need an experienced SIEM Engineer to start as soon as possible, but we can wait for notice periods given the long term nature of this project.

Key highlights:

  • Rolling contract for 12 months, with budget already committed
  • Hybrid working, 3 days per week on site in the Reading area, 2 working from home
  • Modern Cyber Security environment eg Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic ELK stack, Tanium, Trellix, Defender, custom log ingestion, KQL, Python/PowerShell Scripting
  • Heavy focus on Linux, syslog architecture, custom integrations, threat hunting and detection engineering
  • Active SC clearance is mandatory

What we're looking for:

  • Strong background in Cyber Security Engineering
  • Solid hands on experience deploying and managing SIEM + EDR platforms
  • Strong syslog/Linux skills

If you're interested please send through your latest CV and current availability and I'll give you a call as soon as I'm free.

Reading, Berkshire, UK
IT, Consulting
6 months +
ASAP
CBS Butler
Gavin Marriott 
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27/01/2026 15:20:31
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