Remote SOC Team Lead | Elevate Security Operations

Constant Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Constant Recruitment Ltd is seeking a SOC Team Lead to join a growing security consultancy with an established Security Operations team supporting customers across finance and real estate sectors.

This hands‑on leadership role combines security operations, people management and regular client interaction. Within a wider team of approximately 15, you will take day‑to‑day management responsibility for most of the SOC team.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience working within a SOC.
• Practical experience investigating security alerts and incidents.
• Hands‑on experience with a SIEM platform and familiarity with endpoint security tools.
• Some exposure to Microsoft 365 environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical findings clearly to non‑technical audiences.
• Confidence speaking with clients, managing expectations and keeping them informed.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or guiding colleagues, with the ambition to develop your people management skills.
• A calm, organised approach to competing priorities and escalations.
• The ability to work effectively within a remote team.
• Experience within an MSP, MSSP or another environment supporting multiple customers would be particularly useful.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the team’s day-to-day activities and support analysts with investigations.
• Maintain the quality of the security service delivered to customers.
• Act as the SOC escalation point during UK working hours and sign off escalation reports.
• Lead threat detection, investigation and incident response.
• Lead client service reviews and incident‑related calls with clear actions.
• Produce and review accurate security reports.
• Coach and mentor analysts and grow their technical knowledge.
• Plan rotas, contribute to recruitment and assist with appraisals.
• Maintain standards for ticket management, documentation and handovers.
• Improve investigation procedures, playbooks and operational processes.
• Contribute to threat intelligence research and explore AI assistance.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

SIEM expertise

Microsoft 365 exposure

Client communication

Mentoring/leadership

Remote team work

MSP/MSSP experience

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender XDR

Job description

Constant Recruitment Ltd is seeking a SOC Team Lead to join a growing security consultancy with an established Security Operations team supporting customers across finance and real estate sectors.

This hands‑on leadership role combines security operations, people management and regular client interaction. Within a wider team of approximately 15, you will take day‑to‑day management responsibility for most of the SOC team.