Senior SOC Analyst
Are you an experienced Senior SOC Analyst passionate about cyber security, eager to tackle escalated alerts, lead incident responses, and conduct proactive threat hunting? This expanding Security Operations Centre (SOC) team is seeking a skilled professional to join due to continued growth.
* Handle escalated alerts from Junior Analysts, lead investigations and manage incidents from start to finish. You'll play a key role in incident response, documenting lessons learned and continuously updating playbooks to strengthen defenses.
* Conduct proactive threat hunting, actively seeking out potential threats across the estate to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they can impact the business.
* Provide technical mentorship to Junior SOC Analysts, helping to upskill the team and build a collaborative environment.
Your background:
* Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIH, CompTIA Security+ (certifications are a bonus, but not essential).
* Proven experience in leading major incidents with a focus on thorough investigations and comprehensive documentation.
* Proficiency in Python, PowerShell or similar scripting languages, with strong experience in cloud platform security would be advantageous
* Experience working with SIEM tools to monitor, detect and analyse potential security incidents.
* Established experience as a Senior SOC Analyst
What's in it for you?
* Enjoy structured training and certification support to build on your skills, including CISSP and other relevant pathways.
* Be part of exciting projects such as tooling standardisation, new acquisitions and the potential migration to cloud-native containerisation.
* Opportunity to grow within a supportive team, with future prospects in architecture and security leadership.
Primarily remote with occasional onsite requirements. Candidates will have to be near Dagenham, Bristol, Nottingham, Sunderland or London.