Lead Security Engineer

We’re partnering with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) in Southampton that is looking for an experienced Lead Security Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine hands-on technical expertise with people leadership, helping to shape and develop a modern, high-performing SOC.

You’ll lead a team of talented analysts, drive continuous improvement, own the security technology stack, and play a key role in delivering exceptional cyber security services to customers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR and modern security tooling.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex security incidents.
• Drive incident response, investigations and post-incident reviews.
• Own and enhance the SOC tooling environment, including SIEM, SOAR and EDR platforms.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency.
• Oversee the onboarding of new customers, including log ingestion, alert tuning and use case development.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase SOC maturity and capability.
• Stay ahead of emerging cyber threats and implement best practice security operations.
• Strong knowledge of incident response, threat detection and security monitoring.

• Excellent understanding of networking, cyber security principles and threat intelligence.
• Experience working within an MSSP or customer-facing environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Sentinel
• Other cloud-native SIEM platforms.
• Microsoft Defender
• MITRE framework.
• Wider Security technical skilks
• ISO 27001 / NIST knowledge.

If you’re passionate about cyber security, enjoy leading teams, and want to make a real impact within a growing organisation, we’d love to hear from you.