Security Detection Engineer

Security Detection Engineer London (Hybrid) £600-£750 per day (Inside IR35) Initial 6-Month Contract We are looking for an experienced Security Detection Engineer to take ownership of detection engineering, and threat hunting across Azure and GCP environments. This is a hands-on opportunity for a security professional with strong SIEM, cloud security, and automation expertise who can operate independently in a fast-paced environment. Key Responsibilities Detection Engineering andamp; SIEM Uplift Design and implement detection rules in Datadog (or Sentinel/SIEM equivalent) Support UEBA (User andamp; Entity Behaviour Analytics) to catch compromise early Use Claude Code to develop detection logic and correlation rules Build AI-powered anomaly detection (user behaviour, access patterns) Automate alert triage and prioritization Platform Integration andamp; Automation Integrate Datadog with Azure monitoring and GCP Cloud Logging Use Terraform to automate detection deployment and configuration Build CI/CD for detection rules (version control, testing, rollback) Develop custom metrics and alerting for deal-sensitive operations Required Experience andamp; Skills Core Detection andamp; Threat Analysis Experienced building detection rules (SIEM, EDR, or cloud-native tooling) Deep understanding of attack patterns (MITRE ATTandamp;CK framework) SOC operations, threat analysis, or incident response Datadog andamp; Cloud Monitoring Hands-on Datadog OR equivalent ..... full job details .....