SOC Shift Lead - London

Location: London (24/7 operation)

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Associate Manager/ Consultant

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 10 years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Role Description

As a SOC Shift Lead, you will provide advanced investigation and analysis, acting as the escalation point for complex and high-severity incidents. You will conduct root cause analysis, guide and mentor L1 Analysts, and support incident containment, remediation, and recovery efforts. Shift teams will be set up and operate 24x7 and successful candidates working on shift will be paid a shift premium for the non-standard unsociable shift hours that will be part of that rota.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate escalated incidents to determine attack vectors, scope, and potential impact.
• Correlate events across multiple data sources to build a comprehensive incident narrative.
• Execute containment, eradication, and recovery activities in coordination with IT/OT stakeholders.
• Lead response for medium to high-severity incidents and document detailed investigation reports.
• Conduct tuning of detection rules and thresholds in collaboration with the Security Content Engineer.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying gaps in detection coverage and playbooks.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to L1 Analysts.
• Participate in periodic SOC exercises and simulated incident response drills.
• Be part of 24/7 SOC Team, need to work in shifts.
• As a shift lead, you will be responsible for handling escalations of the Technology Operations Centre in that particular shift.
• You would be accountable in absence of a SOC manager or NOC lead.

Essential skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience: 7–10 years in SOC, Incident Response, or Threat Analysis roles (for Lead role we’ll consider 5 - 7 years).
• Strong analytical mindset, in-depth knowledge of SIEM/EDR tools, malware behaviour, and incident handling methodologies.

Desirable skills

• Certifications (preferred): GCIA, GCIH, CompTIA CySA+, Microsoft SC-200, or Splunk Certified Power User.