Lead SIEM Software Engineer (Kubernetes)

Lead SIEM Software Engineer (Kubernetes)

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid, 3 days per on-site)

Salary: £70k plus benefits

Troi Search have partnered with a leading Telecommunications firm to hire a Lead SIEM Software Engineer, with strong Kubernetes expertise, to lead the design, development, automation, and operation of a strategic SIEM platform. This role involves owning end-to-end solution delivery, driving automation, platform reliability, and modern DevOps practices across security engineering environments.

Duties:

• Provide technical leadership within a high-performing engineering team delivering advanced security tooling.
• Design, implement, and manage Kubernetes clusters and container-based workloads, ensuring best-practice configuration and security hardening.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain Elastic Stack on Kubernetes (ECK).
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and related automation tooling.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD and infrastructure issues, ensuring high system reliability.
• Translate high-level requirements into technical backlogs and participate in sprint/quarterly planning.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and programme teams to ensure secure architectural alignment.
• Mentor engineers and advocate for continuous learning, high-quality engineering, and modern DevOps culture.
• Drive automation strategy for SIEM ingestion, ETL processes, and platform operations.

Required Experience:

• 5+ Years' experience in a DevOps/SysOps or Platform Engineering role
• Proven ability to take technical requirements from concept to fully delivered solutions.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container-orchestration ecosystems.
• Hands-on experience building, managing, and monitoring CI/CD pipelines.
• Programming proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or Golang.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, ELK) and Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Jira).
• Strong understanding of IT, networking, and security fundamentals.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, particularly Elastic (ELK)

If you're interested in this position, apply through to link provided or contact oran.campbell@troi.io