Security Operations Lead

Job Description

Permanent | Hybrid (23 days onsite, Warrington)
Salary: c. £80,000 per annum + benefits
Security Clearance: SC Eligible (UK)

An organisation operating within the UKs critical national infrastructure sector is expanding its Cyber Security Operations capability and is seeking an experienced SOC Engineering Team Lead to play a key role in strengthening and modernising its security operations.

This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role, responsible for the engineering, optimisation and continuous improvement of SOC platforms and tooling in a highly regulated, mission‑critical environment.

You’ll lead a specialist team of engineers, work closely with cyber operations and architecture functions, and help shape the long‑term cyber security roadmap.

• Lead the delivery, maintenance and continuous improvement of SOC engineering platforms and services
• Own the lifecycle management of SOC tooling, ensuring platforms are secure, scalable and reliable
• Oversee log ingestion pipelines, integrations and onboarding across hybrid environments
• Provide technical leadership across Microsoft Sentinel, Defender and Azure security services
• Drive automation and SOAR capability using Logic Apps and playbooks
• Work closely with detection engineers and threat hunt...