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# Lead Security Engineer

- **Company:** InfraView Ltd
- **Location:** Southampton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Security Information and Event Management, Microsoft Sentinel, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.infraview.co.uk/jobs/apply/4nxTd3fu

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

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.


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