VodafoneThree - SOC Analyst in Farnborough

Location: Farnborough (On-site)

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Working Hours: Full time 39.5 hours per week – 24/7 SOC Shift role

Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain and hold a UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

What You’ll Do:

• Support the protection of Vodafone customer environments and internal infrastructure by providing continuous 24/7 security monitoring and initial alert triage.
• Review and analyse security alerts generated by SIEM platforms and associated security tools, assess their relevance and severity, and escalate suspected security incidents in accordance with documented procedures and service level agreements.
• Focus on accurate detection, clear documentation, and timely escalation to ensure incidents are handled effectively by senior analysts or resolving agencies.
• Maintain high operational standards, deliver effective shift handovers, and work collaboratively within the SOC to ensure consistent and reliable security monitoring for Vodafone and its customers.
• Monitor Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms and associated security tooling to identify potential security threats and incidents.
• Perform initial triage and investigation of security alerts, assessing severity, credibility, and impact in line with SOC procedures.
• Escalate security incidents accurately and within agreed service levels, ensuring high-quality handovers between shifts and to senior analysts.
• Monitor managed security services including firewalls and intrusion prevention systems, identifying anomalous or suspicious activity.
• Raise and manage incident tickets, liaising professionally with internal teams and external customers, and contribute to security reporting where required.

Who You Are:

• Experience working in a Security Operations Centre or similar operational environment.
• Ability to interpret and analyse logs and alerts from IT, network, and security systems.
• Experience with SIEM technologies such as Huntsman, Securonix, or Splunk.
• Foundational knowledge of IT and network security concepts (e.g. Windows, firewalls, IPS, web proxy, email security).
• Demonstrated interest in cyber security and the evolving threat landscape, with a willingness to learn and develop.
• Ability to maintain customer confidentiality and hold Developed Vetting (DV) level security clearance.

We encourage candidates who are passionate about cyber security to apply, even if they do not meet every requirement exactly. Our team welcomes diverse backgrounds and is committed to inclusion.

What We Offer:

We care about our people’s success by offering great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work. You can personalise our benefits for you and your family, like discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and more. We help with your career through learning tools and top-notch parental leave policies.

Additional Information:

We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulator’s standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website for guidance.

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