Senior Global SOC Analyst: Threat Hunting & AI-Driven Defense

Centrica - CHP; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market salary

Growth opportunities

15% Employee Energy Allowance

Pension plan

Fully funded healthcare

25 days holiday + public holidays

Option to purchase extra days

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Centrica, a UK-based energy company, is seeking a Senior GSOC Analyst to lead complex cyber investigations from our Global Security Operations Centre in a hybrid model with occasional site travel in the UK.

You will oversee incident response across cloud, identity, endpoint, and network environments, mentor analysts, and drive improvements in detections and playbooks while aligning with business priorities.

Qualifications

• Proven SOC/ cyber defence experience with leading investigations and act as escalation point.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to assess risk under pressure.
• Hands-on with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, SIEM and EDR; strong monitoring, detection and response knowledge.
• Knowledge of modern tech environments: Microsoft Azure, AWS, SaaS, identity services and infra.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; able to explain findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cyber security investigations across the business; act as primary technical escalation within GSOC; support IR before CSIRT when needed.
• Investigate and respond to threats across cloud, endpoint, identity, email, network, and OT environments; assess impact and drive response actions.
• Manage incidents through lifecycle: containment, remediation, recovery, post-incident reviews; balance cyber risk with business priorities.
• Hunt for threats; collaborate with Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering to improve detections and visibility.
• Develop detection rules, analytics, use cases, and response playbooks to improve security operations.
• Mentor Security Analysts; provide guidance and oversee complex investigations.
• Collaborate with Cyber Defence, Technology and business teams to drive operational excellence, support automation/AI security operations, and participate in the GSOC on-call rota.

Skills

Leadership in cyber investigations

Analytical thinking

Threat hunting

Communication

Mentoring

Proactive mindset

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

SIEM

EDR

Azure

AWS

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

Centrica, a UK-based energy company, is seeking a Senior GSOC Analyst to lead complex cyber investigations from our Global Security Operations Centre in a hybrid model with occasional site travel in the UK.

You will oversee incident response across cloud, identity, endpoint, and network environments, mentor analysts, and drive improvements in detections and playbooks while aligning with business priorities.