Automation Engineer
Sopra Steria · Farnborough · posted 72 days ago
Going rate £58,700UK median £60,303
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Going rate for this occupation: £58,700 · UK median pay £60,303
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- UK pay for this occupation
- This role£55,000 to £60,000stated
- Going rate£58,700
- UK median£60,303
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| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £33,986 |
| 25th | £43,003 |
| 50th | £60,303 |
| 75th | £73,899 |
| Going rate | £58,700 |
| UK median | £60,303 |
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Shape the Future of SOC Engineering.
Are you passionate about automation, AI, cloud technologies and building smarter ways of working?
We're looking for a Senior SOC Engineer to join our growing Aerospace, Defence & Security business, helping to transform how a modern Security Operations Centre operates. You'll play a pivotal role in driving automation, improving engineering standards and introducing AI-assisted engineering practices across a high-performing SOC environment.
This is a unique opportunity to become a key member within the Detection Engineering team, helping to reduce manual effort, improve consistency and deliver scalable, repeatable solutions that strengthen cyber defence capabilities.
As a Senior SOC Engineer, you'll work across automation, DevOps, data, reporting and cloud technologies to improve operational efficiency and engineering maturity.
Hybrid: Farnborough 3 days per week, 2 days home based.
SC Cleared or eligible.
What You'll Be Doing:
Design and develop automation solutions, scripts and engineering workflows. Drive AI-assisted engineering practices and help shape responsible AI adoption. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows. Develop dashboards, reporting solutions and operational insights using Power BI and other tooling. Work with Azure services to create scalable and reliable engineering solutions. Improve data quality, transformation processes and reporting accuracy. Support the evolution of engineering standards, governance and best practice. Collaborate with security, service and operational teams to identify and deliver improvements.
What you will bring:
Strong experience within engineering, automation, DevOps, reporting or operational improvement roles. Scripting and development expertise using PowerShell, Python or similar languages. Experience building automation workflows and repeatable technical processes. Azure DevOps experience including repositories, pipelines, version control and release processes. Strong understanding of CI/CD, Git and software engineering best practices. Experience creating dashboards and visualisations using Power BI, Excel or similar tools. Familiarity with APIs, data integrations and structured data sources Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-based engineering principles.
It would be great if you had:
Experience in Cyber Security, SOC or Security Engineering environments. Microsoft Sentinel experience. KQL, SQL or other query language knowledge. Power BI data modelling, DAX and Power Query experience. Logic Apps, Power Automate or Azure Automation. Terraform or Infrastructure as Code tooling. Experience developing operational reporting and management information. Relevant certifications in Cloud, DevOps, Automation, AI or Cyber Security.
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