Job Title: Senior SOC / Incident Response Specialist
Location: London, UK
Engagement: Contract
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SOC / IR Specialist who can hit the ground running to support an increased caseload. The role emphasizes day to day operational SOC activities-threat detection, triage, and incident response-over engineering or project implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide operational SOC support with a strong focus on real time threat detection, triage, and incident response.
- Lead and manage incident response activities across diverse environments.
- Develop and implement automation workflows and scripts using AI tooling to enhance SOC triage and response efficiency.
- Contribute to detection engineering, threat hunting, and proactive investigations as needed, while maintaining primary focus on operational SOC duties.
- Collaborate with SOC teams to ensure effective monitoring and response using Splunk and newly implemented 7AI platforms.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in SOC operations and incident response.
- Hands on expertise in at least two of the following areas:
- MacOS endpoints
- Linux OS in cloud environments
- Microservices & containerized environments
- Practical experience with AI tooling for SOC automation (workflow development, scripting).
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to work under pressure in high volume caseload environments.
- Familiarity with Splunk and exposure to 7AI implementation preferred.
Preferred Attributes
- Ability to work independently and deliver immediate impact.
- Strong communication skills for cross functional collaboration.
- Flexible mindset to balance operational priorities with occasional engineering or threat hunting tasks.