SOC Shift Lead

SOC Shift Lead – Defence / National Security

Location:

Stevenage, England, United Kingdom

Sector: Defence / National Security

• Incident Command: Lead the response to high-priority security incidents, coordinating the "hands-on-keyboard" effort and providing technical guidance during complex investigations.
• Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor a shift of analysts, conducting quality control on tickets and ensuring consistent performance across the team.
• Threat Hunting: Proactively pivot from known indicators of compromise (IOCs) to hunt for sophisticated actors within the environment.
• Stakeholder Communication: Translate technical findings into clear, concise briefings for senior leadership and the Ministry/Department of Defence during active incidents.
• Process Improvement: Identify gaps in current detection logic and work with the SOC Engineering team to develop new SIEM rules, SOAR playbooks, and automated responses.
• Compliance & Reporting: Ensure all shift activities comply with regulatory frameworks (e.g., JSP 440, NIST, or ISO 27001) and produce detailed shift handover reports.

• Company Bonus:
  Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Base up to £70,000
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave—with enhancements available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities:
  Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Information Technology
• Industries:
  Staffing and Recruiting