Senior SOC Analyst

Fynity; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fynity is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst to join its frontline cyber defence operations supporting UK defence programmes. You will monitor, triage and respond to real threats in high-security environments, delivering timely incident responses and high-quality reports for technical and senior stakeholders.

UK DV clearance eligibility and sole British National status preferred. This role emphasizes MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detections, threat hunting and proactive defence in a trusted consultancy setting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Security Operations Centre (SOC).
• Hands-on SIEM experience (Microsoft Sentinel or Splunk).
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and modern detection techniques.
• Confident analysis across logs, endpoints and network traffic.
• Solid knowledge of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP).
• Awareness of enterprise security tooling (firewalls, AV, VPNs, IDS/IPS).
• Eligibility for DV Clearance (sole British National, UK resident for the past 10 years).

Responsibilities

• Monitoring, triaging and investigating security alerts in highly secure environments
• Analysing threats using SIEM, endpoint telemetry, network traffic and logs
• Supporting live incident response, escalation and containment activities
• Enhancing detections, rules and playbooks aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
• Producing clear, high-quality incident reports for both technical and senior stakeholders
• Contributing to threat intelligence and proactive defence initiatives
• Staying ahead of emerging TTPs, tooling and adversary behaviour

Skills

SOC operations

SIEM expertise (MS Sentinel / Splunk)

MITRE ATT&CK knowledge

Log analysis

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Job description

DV Clearance Eligible – British Citizens Only

This SOC role is on the frontline of cyber defence.

I'm looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to join a high-performing Security Operations Centre supporting UK defence, aerospace, and national security programmes. You’ll be monitoring and responding to real, advanced threats in environments where the stakes are genuinely high.

You’ll operate inside a trusted consultancy setting, defending country-critical systems and countering sophisticated adversaries, including nation-state activity.

In this Senior SOC Analyst role, you will:

• Monitoring, triaging and investigating security alerts in highly secure environments
• Analysing threats using SIEM, endpoint telemetry, network traffic and logs
• Supporting live incident response, escalation and containment activities
• Enhancing detections, rules and playbooks aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
• Producing clear, high-quality incident reports for both technical and senior stakeholders
• Contributing to threat intelligence and proactive defence initiatives
• Staying ahead of emerging TTPs, tooling and adversary behaviour

To secure this Senior SOC analyst role, you will have:

• Proven experience working in a Security Operations Centre (SOC)
• Hands-on SIEM experience (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or similar)
• Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and modern detection techniques
• Confident analysis across logs, endpoints and network traffic
• Solid knowledge of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP)
• Awareness of enterprise security tooling (firewalls, AV, VPNs, IDS/IPS)
• Eligibility for DV Clearance (sole British National, UK resident for the past 10 years)

This Senior SOC role will help protecting the UK from advanced and persistent cyber threats, alongside teams that take security seriously.