Junior SOC Analyst - Live Incident Triage (On-site)

Outsource Uk Ltd; Hereford; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Outsource UK Ltd in Hereford is seeking a Level 1 SOC Analyst for a 12-month, on-site contract to support a leading defence organisation. You will perform alert triage, initial investigations and coordinate with an outsourced SOC for incident response and escalation.

The role emphasizes structured, process-driven work in a fast-paced security operations environment with hands-on SIEM/EDR tooling usage.

Qualifications

• Experience in a SOC or Security Operations environment.
• Hands-on exposure to SIEM tools (e.g. Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar).
• Understanding of incident response, alert triage and escalation processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and triaging security alerts in a live SOC environment.
• Conducting initial investigations and validating potential threats.
• Escalating incidents in line with defined processes and playbooks.
• Working closely with internal teams and external SOC providers.
• Supporting incident response and contributing to ongoing security operations improvement.

Skills

SOC operations

SIEM tools

EDR tools

Incident response

Playbooks

Communication

Tools

Sentinel

Splunk

QRadar

Job description

Outsource UK Ltd in Hereford is seeking a Level 1 SOC Analyst for a 12-month, on-site contract to support a leading defence organisation. You will perform alert triage, initial investigations and coordinate with an outsourced SOC for incident response and escalation.

The role emphasizes structured, process-driven work in a fast-paced security operations environment with hands-on SIEM/EDR tooling usage.