483582 Senior Response Manager - Senior SOAR & Detection-as-Code (DaC) Analyst -

Government Recruitment Service; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 45.000 - 55.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Disability Confident employer scheme

Zusammenfassung

Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Senior Response Manager to lead SOAR and Detection-as-Code initiatives in the Home Office CSOC. This hybrid role in Sheffield requires planning, building and operating incident detection, containment and remediation capabilities, and coordinating readiness activities across teams.

You will advise product owners on mitigations, drive automation improvements and help standardise security practices.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in a Security Operations Centre environment with incident response duties.
• Designing and improving security automation using playbooks and DaC methodologies.
• Strong verbal and written communication across diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to build partnerships across tech teams and suppliers.
• Experience leading a technical team.

Aufgaben

• Plan, implement and run capabilities to detect, contain and remediate incidents.
• Support readiness through exercises and red team activities.
• Advise product owners on mitigations and improve security operations.

Kenntnisse

Security Operations Centre

Incident response

DaC methodologies

Automation workflows

Playbooks

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

SOAR platforms

Jobbeschreibung

Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

As a Senior Response Manager within the Home Office Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) you will be expected to plan, implement and operate capabilities to detect, contain and remediate incidents, identify opportunities to improve detection, response and automation capabilities. You will also support organisational readiness through co-ordinating preparedness exercises and red team activity. The Response function also advises product and service owners on potential mitigations and supports the continuous improvement of security operations through monitoring, detection and standardisation of security practices.

Essential SkillsYou will have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security, Detection and Response with the following skills, knowledge or experience;Conducting investigations and working in a ‘Security Operations Centre’ environment, supporting security operations and incident response activities.Designing, developing, testing maintaining and improving security automation workflows, response playbooks and integrations using SOAR platforms or comparable automation technologies, while applying DaC methodologies.Communicating in a verbal and written manner, and a good understanding of the use of different channels and formats for different audiences.Building strong partnerships with peers across an organisation and navigating the complex landscape of technologies, 3rd party suppliers, and other teams.Managing a team in a technical environment.

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483582 Senior Response Manager - Senior SOAR & Detection-as-Code (DaC) Analyst -

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: from £49,850 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Sheffield Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 20 Oct 2026 Closing date: 2 Nov 2026

Summary

Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

As a Senior Response Manager within the Home Office Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) you will be expected to plan, implement and operate capabilities to detect, contain and remediate incidents, identify opportunities to improve detection, response and automation capabilities. You will also support organisational readiness through co-ordinating preparedness exercises and red team activity. The Response function also advises product and service owners on potential mitigations and supports the continuous improvement of security operations through monitoring, detection and standardisation of security practices.

Essential requirements

Essential SkillsYou will have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security, Detection and Response with the following skills, knowledge or experience;Conducting investigations and working in a ‘Security Operations Centre’ environment, supporting security operations and incident response activities.Designing, developing, testing maintaining and improving security automation workflows, response playbooks and integrations using SOAR platforms or comparable automation technologies, while applying DaC methodologies.Communicating in a verbal and written manner, and a good understanding of the use of different channels and formats for different audiences.Building strong partnerships with peers across an organisation and navigating the complex landscape of technologies, 3rd party suppliers, and other teams.Managing a team in a technical environment.

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