SOC Analyst

Anson McCade
London, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
ÂŁ65,000.0
Working hours
Shift work

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Cyber Security Intrusion Detection and Prevention Security Information and Event Management High Performance Computing Malware Information Technology Cybercrime

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a 24/7 SOC, investigating sophisticated cyber threats, leading incident response activities, and helping protect critical infrastructure powering next-generation AI and high-performance computing platforms.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Investigate and analyse escalated security incidents, identifying attack vectors, root causes and potential business impact.
  • Correlate events across multiple security tools and data sources to build comprehensive incident timelines.
  • Lead response activities for medium and high-severity security incidents.
  • Support containment, eradication and recovery efforts in partnership with technical stakeholders.
  • Produce detailed incident reports and recommendations.
  • Tune and optimise SIEM and detection rules to improve threat visibility.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen detection capabilities, processes and response playbooks.
  • Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior SOC analysts.
  • Participate in security exercises, simulations and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Work as part of a 24/7 shift-based SOC function.

Requirements

  • 3+ years’ commercial experience within a SOC, Incident Response or Threat Analysis environment.
  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity operations, incident response methodologies and threat investigations.
  • Hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms.
  • Knowledge of malware behaviour, attack techniques and threat detection.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or a related discipline.

If you’re an experienced SOC Analyst ready to take ownership of complex cyber incidents, mentor junior analysts and work within a highly secure, mission-critical environment, we’d love to hear from you.

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