Robert Walters

Cyber Data Engineer

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This role is for a Cyber Data Engineer on a 12-month contract in Glasgow, offering a hybrid work setup. Key skills include Elasticsearch, Linux administration, Ansible, and cloud data pipelines. Experience with cybersecurity data sources and automation is required.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
August 18, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Fixed Term
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Automation #Splunk #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Cybersecurity #Data Pipeline #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Security #Linux #Kanban #Scala #Azure #Data Engineering #Jira #Alation #Cloud #DevOps #Elastic Stack #Logstash #Ansible #GIT #Elasticsearch #Jenkins #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Agile
Role description
Cyber Data Engineer Location: Glasgow Role Type: Contract - 12 months Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days onsite Who We Are Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. The Role Our client is a large multinational firm that provides a range of financial services, including advisory, investment, and asset management solutions. It serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, focusing on strategic planning, market operations, and long-term financial growth. What you'll do • Build, maintain and enhance the CyberELK Elasticsearch platform supporting the firm's cyber teams. • Onboard data sources, including field extraction, parsing and Elastic Common Schema (ECS) mapping. • Develop automation solutions integrating configuration management frameworks, APIs and AI-assisted tooling. • Optimise Elasticsearch performance through sharding, Index Lifecycle Management (ILM) and ingest pipelines. • Provide technical consultancy to internal stakeholders and support complex platform requirements. • Act as a senior escalation point for troubleshooting, collaborating with infrastructure teams to resolve technical issues. What you bring • Production experience in Elasticsearch or Splunk engineering, with Elasticsearch preferred. • Experience onboarding, parsing and managing cybersecurity data sources, including Elastic Stack tools such as Logstash or Beats. • Strong Linux administration skills, including platform installation and management. • Experience with Ansible automation, configuration management and cloud data pipelines across AWS, Azure or GCP. • Strong operational troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with knowledge of networking, HTTP and encryption. • Familiarity with Git, Jenkins, Jira, DevOps and Agile/Kanban practices, alongside excellent communication skills. What's Next If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more. We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you. This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.