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Soc Engineer
£41,500 - 71,000
Stott & May Professional Search Limited
Charing Cross, South East London
£41,500 - 71,000
Requirements
Must:
- Must have an active SC clearance to start.
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in SOC operations within a cyber security setting.
- Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota (where applicable).
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate clearly across teams and levels.
- Analytical thinker with sound judgement and decision-making capabilities.
- Effective communicator with a collaborative and proactive mindset.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test improved and new detection use cases.
- Build and enhance technical SOC capabilities to improve cyber threat visibility.
- Refine and optimise detection rules and analytics.
- Contribute to the automation of SOC workflows and response tasks.
- Enhance tools and processes to support security investigations.
- Develop performance metrics and monitoring solutions to assess SOC health and maturity.
- Align SOC operations with broader organisational security services (e.g., personnel, physical).
- Ensure all new capabilities are successfully embedded into the live SOC environment.
Description
We are looking for a highly skilled SOC Engineer to join us in supporting the delivery of a major Security Operations Centre (SOC) uplift programme. This role will focus on enhancing existing capabilities, introducing new security detection services, and improving operational efficiency through automation and integration. You will play a key role in strengthening threat detection, incident response, and investigative processes within a dynamic and evolving SOC environment. The position is available for a duration of 6-12 months, and you must be accessible to London on an ad-hoc basis (4-6 days per month). The pay is negotiable, and the role falls INSIDE IR35.
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