At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cyber defence efforts, manage security tools, and respond to incidents.
- Company: Join a high-performing Cyber Security Operations Centre focused on national security.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, outside IR35, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with continuous improvement and career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in protecting critical environments from cyber threats.
- Qualifications: Must have current DV clearance and strong SOC experience.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
- Senior SOC Analyst
- +9 months +
- +DV cleared role - current active DV clearance is essential
- +Outside IR35
- +Corsham / Portsmouth
- We are seeking an experienced
Senior SOC Analyst to join a high-performing Cyber Security Operations Centre supporting critical national security environments.
This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber defence, leading threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and continuous improvement of security monitoring capabilities.
As a Senior SOC Analyst, you will play a key role in protecting complex enterprise environments through the management and optimisation of security tooling, threat detection, incident response, and forensic investigations.
You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to enhance SOC capabilities, improve security visibility, and strengthen cyber resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and optimise SOC Protect, Detect and Respond tooling.
- Configure, implement and support new security monitoring technologies.
- Develop detection rules, correlation logic, automation scripts and response playbooks.
- Manage vulnerability scanning platforms and contribute to wider SOC strategy.
- Integrate and onboard standard and non-standard log sources into SIEM platforms.
- Monitor, investigate and respond to security incidents and emerging threats.
- Conduct forensic investigations and malware analysis, producing actionable intelligence and Indicators of Compromise (Io Cs).
- Tune and enhance SIEM, SOAR, EDR, DLP, email security and intrusion detection technologies.
- Analyse attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
- Produce dashboards, reports and recommendations to improve security posture.
- Ensure adherence to operational processes, SLAs, KPIs and security policies.
- Drive continuous improvement across SOC processes, tooling and service delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Current
Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance .
- Strong experience administering and tuning SIEM and SOAR platforms.
- Hands-on experience with technologies such as
Elastic, Trend Micro, Tripwire, Tanium, Clearswift and Solar Winds .
- Experience in threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics and malware analysis.
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux environments.
- Experience writing and tuning detection signatures, correlation rules and monitoring use cases.
- Knowledge of log collection, aggregation and analysis technologies including ELK Stack, Syslog and Windows Event Forwarding.
- Experience with scripting and automation using
Python, Power Shell, Bash, Perl or similar.
- Understanding of network forensics, threat intelligence and cyber threat detection methodologies.
- Knowledge of
MITRE ATT&CK , and IT Service Management principles.
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Senior SOC Analyst in Corsham employer: CBSbutler Holdings Limited
As a Field Service Engineer with us, you'll be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and technical expertise, all while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model in Hampshire. We offer competitive salaries, a supportive work culture that encourages professional growth, and unique opportunities to work on cutting-edge defence projects. Join us to make a meaningful impact while benefiting from a structured on-call rota and comprehensive training programmes.
Contact Details:
CBSbutler Holdings Limited Recruitment Team
