Senior SOC & Incident Response Leader

ASOS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Sample sales access

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Private medical care

Flexible benefits

Learning & development

Job summary

ASOS is seeking an experienced SOC and Incident Response Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership across security monitoring, detection, engineering, and investigations. You will manage the SOC and IR team, drive detection improvements, and maintain strong relationships with our MSSP and internal stakeholders.

The role bridges broader technology teams, cyber security, and third‑party partners to ensure coordinated responses to incidents.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in incident response tooling and platforms.
• Experience leading SOC analysts and IR teams under pressure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in security incidents.
• Excellent stakeholder communication for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SOC and Incident Response team day to day, providing direction and coaching.
• Improve detection lifecycle by tuning alerts and creating detections from threat intel.
• Establish and maintain incident response processes and documentation.
• Coordinate with external MSSP and internal tech teams for coordinated response.
• Define IR metrics, dashboards, KPIs, and report to senior management.
• Conduct incident post-mortems and crisis-response testing.

Skills

SIEM

EDR

Cloud security

Threat intelligence

Forensic analysis

Threat hunting

Stakeholder management

Azure AWS

Job description

ASOS is seeking an experienced SOC and Incident Response Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership across security monitoring, detection, engineering, and investigations. You will manage the SOC and IR team, drive detection improvements, and maintain strong relationships with our MSSP and internal stakeholders.

The role bridges broader technology teams, cyber security, and third‑party partners to ensure coordinated responses to incidents.