Senior CSOC Response Lead — SOAR & DaC (Hybrid)

Government Recruitment Service; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Senior Response Manager for Home Office Digital to lead detection, containment and remediation in the CSOC. The role is hybrid, based in Salford with 2 days remote, and focuses on security operations and automation initiatives.

The successful candidate will drive DaC-based automation, coordinate readiness exercises and red team activities, and advise stakeholders on mitigations to improve security operations across the department.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a Security Operations Centre environment.
• Ability to design and implement security automation workflows and playbooks.
• Strong communications skills for diverse audiences.
• Ability to build partnerships across the organisation and with external suppliers.
• Experience managing a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and operate capabilities to detect, contain and remediate incidents.
• Coordinate preparedness exercises and red team activity.
• Advise product and service owners on potential mitigations.
• Drive continuous improvement of security operations through monitoring and standardisation.

Skills

Security Operations Centre

Incident response

SOAR automation

DaC methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Tools

SOAR platforms

Job description

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Senior Response Manager for Home Office Digital to lead detection, containment and remediation in the CSOC. The role is hybrid, based in Salford with 2 days remote, and focuses on security operations and automation initiatives.

The successful candidate will drive DaC-based automation, coordinate readiness exercises and red team activities, and advise stakeholders on mitigations to improve security operations across the department.