Senior controls engineer Work, Jobs in Taunton, Som (with Salaries)

Senior Application Engineer (SIEM)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- APIs
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Platform Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Linux
- Leadership
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Platform Engineer (Cross Domain Gateway)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Continuous improvement
- Linux
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
6h
Senior Commissioning Engineer
Mactech Energy Group —Bridgwater
- £511.61 - £709.93 a day
- Engineering
- Continuous improvement
- IT
Senior Platform Engineer (RHEL)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Linux
- Leadership
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Application Engineer (Jira ITSM)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- APIs
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Application Engineer (EDRMS)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- SharePoint
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Platform Engineer (VMWare Cloud Foundation)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Continuous improvement
- Agile
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
6h
Principal Platform Engineer (PKI)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £53,269 - £71,400 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Windows
- AWS
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Principal Platform Engineer (VMWare Cloud Foundation)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £53,269 - £71,400 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- AWS
- Linux
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Principal Platform Engineer (Cross Domain)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £53,269 - £71,400 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Windows
- AWS
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Advanced Mechanical Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace —Yeovil
- Full-time
- Military
- Bachelor's degree
- Mechanical knowledge
Quality Engineer (Client Side)
VINCI Construction —Bridgwater
- Engineering
- English
- No degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Sr Stress Mechanical Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace —Yeovil
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Communication skills
- Work from home
Quality Engineer - Energy
ALTEN —Bridgwater
- Full-time
- Military
- Engineering
- English
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Replication and Integration
Assystem —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
Project Controller - Mechanical Equipment / Valves
ALTEN —Taunton
- Full-time
- Military
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Control Systems, EC&I, Commissioning, Electrical Engineer (LV / HV, Design)
Assystem —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- In-person
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Work from home
11d
Commisioning Engineer - Mechanical & Fuel Route
Assystem —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Maintenance
- Project management
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Quality Engineer
Assystem —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- English
- No degree
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule

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Senior Application Engineer (SIEM)

Leonardo UK Ltd -
Yeovil

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Job details

Full-time
£44,171 - £61,950 a year

Benefits

Company pension
Discounted gym membership
Private medical insurance
Employee discount
Flexible schedule

Qualifications

DevOps
Continuous improvement
ITIL
Splunk
APIs
SIEM
Communication skills
Active Directory

Full job description

Job Description:

Salary Range: £44,171 - £61,950

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your Impact

Are you ready to support and enhance enterprise applications that underpin national security and critical services? At Leonardo UK, our Senior Application Engineers play a key role in maintaining and improving business-critical platforms — ensuring they are secure, scalable, and aligned with operational needs. You’ll work collaboratively across engineering and service teams, contributing to technical delivery and continuous improvement.

Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team. This role is focused on delivering, maintaining, and improving platform and systems engineering solutions that underpin critical defence, government and public sector services.

What you will do as a Senior Application Engineer

Support, configure, and enhance security tooling platforms (e.g. SIEM, EDR) that underpin threat detection and response
Deliver engineering tasks within defined work packages, ensuring alignment with user needs, security requirements, and service-level objectives.
Contribute to application architecture, integration, and lifecycle activities under the guidance of senior engineers.
Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, service management, and business teams to resolve technical issues.
Mentor junior engineers and specialists, supporting their development and promoting best practices.
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
Ensure compliance with engineering governance, ITSM processes, and cyber security policies.

What you’ll bring

Solid experience in supporting, configuring, and enhancing security tooling platforms (e.g. SIEM, EDR, or similar)
Ability to solve moderately complex application-related issues and contribute to secure, scalable solutions.
Understanding of application lifecycle management, integration patterns, and secure-by-design principles.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering and business teams.
A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Core areas (must have):

Support, configuration, and enhancement of security tooling platforms (SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management)
Log and event management including ingestion, parsing, and correlation of system and security logs
Integration of security tooling with platform, network, and identity services
Operational support and tuning of security tooling in live environments
Application lifecycle management (deployment, maintenance, upgrades, decommissioning)
Integration patterns and identity management (e.g. SSO, RBAC, API integration)
Secure-by-design principles and application security practices
Technical problem solving and resolution of application-related issues
Collaboration with engineering, SOC, and service management teams
Experience working within security and ITIL-aligned environments
Delivery within secure / enterprise / defence environments

Desirable:

Experience with SIEM / EDR / vulnerability management tools (e.g. Splunk, Trellix, Tenable, or similar)
SOAR platforms and automation of security response workflows
Integration with monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems
Threat detection, analytics, and use case development
Experience integrating with enterprise services (Active Directory, identity platforms)
Exposure to DevOps / CI-CD practices
Experience working in secure or regulated environments

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) will apply. This role requires Developed Vetting (DV) clearance prior to starting. For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Location

This role will be based at one of our UK sites - Yeovil.

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance.

Time to Recharge: Generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
Secure your Future: Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks.
Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits such as private healthcare, lifestyle discounts, and gym memberships.
Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Onsite

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