Senior SOC Architect – Detection & Security Design (Hybrid)

Sopra Steria; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

25 days annual leave (buy extra days)

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria, within its Aerospace, Defence and Security business, seeks a senior SOC architect to own end-to-end SOC architecture and drive platform evolution with a security-by-design culture.

The role is hybrid, with 2 days per week in Farnborough, and requires eligibility for SC and DV clearance. You will influence detection content standards, governance, and technology roadmaps while collaborating across client security designs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing or owning security architectures within SOC, MSSP or complex security environments.
• Strong understanding of detection engineering and SOC operations.
• Ability to oversee security platforms and integrations holistically.
• Knowledge of governance, compliance and accreditation frameworks such as CREST.
• Experience assuring technical architectures using secure-by-design principles.

Responsibilities

• Owning the SOC architecture, ensuring designs, integrations and operating models meet regulatory and assurance requirements.
• Producing both high- and low-level security control designs, including defining testing requirements.
• Setting and governing standards for detection content, including rules, use cases and correlation logic.
• Acting as the technical authority for client security designs and technology roadmaps.
• Leading SOC maturity initiatives in support of CREST accreditation.
• Identifying and introducing technologies that enhance analyst effectiveness, including automation and AI

Skills

Security architecture design

SOC operations

Detection engineering

Governance & compliance

Secure-by-design

Job description

Sopra Steria, within its Aerospace, Defence and Security business, seeks a senior SOC architect to own end-to-end SOC architecture and drive platform evolution with a security-by-design culture.

The role is hybrid, with 2 days per week in Farnborough, and requires eligibility for SC and DV clearance. You will influence detection content standards, governance, and technology roadmaps while collaborating across client security designs.