Senior SOC Incident Response Lead

CyberNorth; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst – Incident Response to lead end-to-end investigations across a global enterprise environment. You will own incident response from assessment to containment, coordinating cross-functional teams and applying rigorous methodologies to preserve evidence and drive learning.

The role emphasizes hands-on response with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR at the center of operations, mentoring junior analysts and shaping playbooks and escalation thresholds for ongoing

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience in security operations and incident response.
• Demonstrable experience leading or owning major security investigations.
• Ability to form, test and refine investigative hypotheses using evidence from multiple sources.
• Clear written and verbal communication to brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-severity and complex security incident investigations from initial assessment through containment and recovery.
• Determine incident scope and root cause using Sentinel and Defender XDR.
• Coordinate actions with infrastructure, identity, cloud, applications and IT teams.
• Maintain investigation records, preserve evidence and produce post-incident reports.

Skills

Incident response

Security operations

Communication

Mentoring

Collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender XDR

Entra ID

Microsoft 365

Azure

Job description

GHD is seeking a Senior SOC Analyst – Incident Response to lead end-to-end investigations across a global enterprise environment. You will own incident response from assessment to containment, coordinating cross-functional teams and applying rigorous methodologies to preserve evidence and drive learning.

The role emphasizes hands-on response with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR at the center of operations, mentoring junior analysts and shaping playbooks and escalation thresholds for ongoing