Senior SOC Analyst

Network IT; Hanslope; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Network IT is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst in Buckinghamshire on a 6-month contract. You will lead security monitoring operations, coordinate investigations and escalations, and ensure high-quality cyber defense across shift rotations. Active DV clearance is mandatory.

The role entails 12-hour shifts on a 4-week pattern with day and night coverage, and opportunities for extension. The successful candidate will monitor for cyber events, investigate alerts, and contribute to ongoing improvements

Qualifications

• Active DV clearance is required.
• Experience in a SOC or equivalent security operations environment.
• Experience investigating cyber security alerts and events.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the organisation’s technology estate to identify cyber security events and indicators of compromise using approved monitoring platforms.
• Independently investigate security alerts and complex cyber security events to determine significance and impact.
• Correlate information from multiple data sources to establish attack timelines and support incident assessment.
• Analyse indicators of compromise and attacker techniques to determine severity of events.
• Escalate confirmed or suspected incidents to the Lead SOC Analyst or Incident Responder.
• Support Incident Responders with findings, timelines and technical information.
• Contribute to continual improvement of monitoring capability and detection effectiveness.
• Validate new monitoring content and deployment procedures before live use.
• Assist in onboarding new systems and cloud services into SOC monitoring.
• Maintain accurate investigations records and share knowledge with peers.

Skills

Cyber security operations

Forensics

Incident management

Incident investigation and response

Information risk assessment

Intrusion detection analysis

Protective security

Secure operations management

Threat intelligence

Tools

SIEM platforms

Log analysis tools

Monitoring tools

Job description

This contract position as a Senior SOC Analyst is based in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, offering £75 per hour. The role operates on a 12-hour shift rotation, covering both 7am–7pm and 7pm–7am across a four-week schedule of seven days and seven nights. Active DV clearance is mandatory. The successful candidate provides operational leadership for the Security Monitoring function, ensuring consistent, high-quality monitoring, investigation and escalation. Core duties include using approved platforms to identify cyber events and indicators of compromise, plus independently investigating complex alerts to assess impact and determine suitable action. An initial six-month term is offered, with strong prospects for extension.

YOU MUST HAVE ACTIVE DV CLEARANCE Senior SOC Analyst £75 per hour 12 Hour shifts (7am-7pm and 7pm-7am) 7 Days and 7 Nights over a 4-week pattern 6 month contract initially Buckinghamshire

Summary - The 4x Senior SOC Analysts will be responsible for the operational leadership of the Security Monitoring function, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality security monitoring, investigation and escalation activities.

• Monitor the organisation’s technology estate to identify cyber security events, suspicious activity and indicators of compromise using approved monitoring platforms and analytical tools.
• Independently investigate security alerts and complex cyber security events, determining their significance, potential impact and appropriate course of actions.
• Correlate information from multiple data sources to establish attack timelines, identify affected systems and support the assessment of cyber security incidents.
• Analyse indicators of compromise, attacker techniques and available threat intelligence to determine the nature and severity of security events.
• Escalate indicators confirmed or suspected cyber security incidents to the Lead SOC Analyst or Incident Responder team in accordance with established operational procedures.
• Support Incident Responders by providing accurate analytical findings, supporting evidence, timelines and technical information throughout incident investigations.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of monitoring capability by identifying opportunities to improve alert quality, investigation processes, monitoring coverage and detection effectiveness.
• Validate new monitoring content, detection rules and operational procedures before deployment into the live SOC environment.
• Assist in the onboarding of new systems, cloud services and application into SOC monitoring by validating operational visibility and monitoring effectiveness.
• Maintain accurate investigations records, ensuring all analytical activities are fully documented in accordance with organisational procedures.
• Share knowledge, provide technical guidance and support the development of Practitioner SOC Analysts through coaching and day-to-day mentoring.
• Contribute to operational reviews, lessons identified and post-incident activities, recommending improvements to monitoring capability and operational processes.
• Maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats, attacker techniques and monitoring technologies to support continual professional development and improved operational effectiveness

• The Senior SOC Analyst should demonstrable knowledge and skills in the areas: Cyber security operations, Forensics, Incident management, incident investigation and response, Information risk assessment and risk management, Intrusion detection analysis, Protective security, Secure operations management, Threat intelligence and threat assessment
• Experience working within a SOC or comparable cyber security operations environment.
• Experience investigating cyber security alerts and security events using enterprise monitoring techniques.
• Good knowledge of SIEM platforms, security monitoring tools and log analysis techniques.
• Understanding of cyber attack methodologies, indicators or compromise, threat intelligence and common attacker techniques.
• Experience analysing information from multiple technical sources to investigate cyber security events.
• Experience supporting cyber incident response activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to made sound technical judgements.
• Good written and