Senior Cloud Detection Engineer - Elastic Stack, Sentinel, KQL, EQL
Smart Sourcer Limited · London, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 16 Oct 2026.
Senior Cloud Detection Engineer
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AWS & Azure, Elastic Stack, Sentinel, KQL, EQL, SOC -
Global B2B SaaS ? £120k per annum ? 6-month Fixed Term Contract ? 100% remote Outstanding opportunity to join this
global B2B SaaS
organisation looking for a
Senior Cloud Detection Engineer
to take ownership of cloud-native detection and response capability. If you thrive in high-scale cloud environments and love building smart detections and automated response workflows, this role gives you real technical impact. What You'll Do: Build and optimise detections in
Elastic
and
Azure Sentinel Develop
threat models
for
AWS & Azure
and our global SaaS products Create and maintain
incident response playbooks Automate response actions
with the Security Team Partner with our external SOC to refine detection strategies Perform
threat hunting
and analysis across large-scale cloud environments Tune rules to reduce false positives Document detection logic and playbook procedures What You Bring: 5+ years in security operations, threat detection, or SOC roles Strong experience with
Elastic Stack
and/or
Azure Sentinel Hands-on detection rule writing in
KQL & EQL Deep understanding of
AWS & Azure security
ideally in a global SaaS context Experience with automation tools (Tines, Shuffler, Tracecat) Familiarity with
MITRE ATT&CK
or similar frameworks Playbook and incident response experience Strong communication skills and ability to work independently SOAR experience PowerShell & Python
scripting Cloud-native security tools (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub) Security certifications (GIAC, CEH, CISSP, etc.) Experience working with MSSPs or external SOCs ? £120k per annum ? 6-month Fixed Term Contract ? 100% remote
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