SOC Analyst

Your Role:

You will play a critical role in responding to high-severity cyber incidents, performing advanced threat hunting, and developing response strategies to protect our network systems and customer data. This is a key position within our clients Information Systems directorate, and offers blended working, 3 days in office, 2 days remote.

Responsibilities:

• Advanced Threat Hunting: Identify new threats using industry tools and hunt for 'hidden' threats in the environment.
• Policy Development: Develop SOC policies and procedures based on industry best practices.
• Log Management: Ensure all log sources are onboarded into the SIEM solution and create use cases to identify suspicious activity.
• Incident Response: Lead escalated incident responses, oversee remediation, and report on high-severity incidents.
• Security Automation: Develop and automate workflows using SOAR tools to enhance operational playbooks and streamline responses.
• Digital Forensics: Conduct forensic analysis of serious incidents and implement containment strategies.
• Cyber Crisis Testing: Participate in cyber-attack simulations to test and improve organisational resilience.
• Reporting & Metrics: Enhance security operations reporting and develop performance metrics dashboards.
• Audit & Compliance: Support security audits and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.

Essential Experience:

• Significant experience in a SOC Level 2 or 3 role, with a strong track record in advanced threat hunting and incident response.
• Qualifications in Cybersecurity or IT (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent), ideally with industry-recognized certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, CEH, or CompTIA CASP+.
• Deep knowledge of security technologies (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS, DLP, etc.), adversarial tactics (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK), and experience with incident response and security architecture.
• Hands-on experience with security tools, including FortiSIEM, McAfee, Darktrace, Microsoft Sentinel, and more.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks such as NCSC CAF, ISO 27001/27002, GDPR, and NIST.

Benefits:

• Personal Pension Plan up to 10%
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Occupational Health Support
• Employee Discount Scheme with hundreds of retailers
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme

Next Steps:

To arrange a call to discuss this position in more detail please apply or email your CV to (url removed) .Our client are looking to arrange a MS Teams call as soon as possible for suitable candidates as this role is vital to their long term business aims.