Senior SOC Analyst

nccgroup; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NCC Group is seeking a Senior MXDR SOC Analyst to provide technical leadership within the MXDR team, guiding complex investigations and supporting incident response activities. The role focuses on detection improvements and serving as a key escalation point for analysts and customer tickets, across the MXDR technology stack.

Working closely with Detection Engineering and other teams, you will help ensure world-class detection and response capabilities, while mentoring analysts and contributing

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader within MXDR security operations.
• Lead complex investigations and incidents handling.
• Mentor analysts and support onboarding and analytics/automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex MXDR investigations and incident response activities.
• Drive detection improvements and act as escalation point for analysts and customers.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to analytics, automation, and AI-driven security ops capabilities.

Job description

The MXDR Senior SOC Analyst is a senior technical position within the Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) team. Acting as a technical leader across security operations, the Senior Analyst is responsible for leading complex investigations, supporting incident response activities, driving detection improvements and acting as a key escalation point for analysts and customer tickets.

The role combines operational responsibilities within the Security Operations Centre with strategic contributions to the continual enhancement of the MXDR service. Working closely with Detection Engineering, Threat Hunting, Customer Success, Technical Account Managers and Service Delivery teams, the Senior Analyst will help ensure customers receive world class detection and response capabilities while driving innovation across Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and the wider MXDR technology stack.

As a recognised Subject Matter Expert (SME), the Senior Analyst will provide guidance and mentorship to analysts, lead technical investigations, support customer onboarding activities and contribute to the development of analytics, automation and AI-driven security operations capabilities. Working Hours: The working hours are 0900-1730hrs Mon-Fri, and you would be expected to be working and contactable throughout those times. There is no scheduled out of hours work but may be required in emergency situations only.