Senior SOC Manager – MDR Operations Lead (Hybrid)

Tank Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

3 days in office

Training budget

Team socials

Job summary

Tank Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing cyber security provider in London for a SOC Manager to run and mature the security operations function. You'll own day-to-day MDR delivery across a varied client base and lead a growing team of SOC Analysts.

This is a hands-on leadership role, not a queue watcher. The role covers service delivery, incident management, governance, onboarding, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or supervising a SOC or security operations team.
• At least 3 years in security operations with 1 year in leadership.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, incident response, detection engineering and reporting.
• Microsoft Sentinel and Defender experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own MDR delivery and performance against SLAs, KPIs and contractual commitments.
• Lead client onboarding, service reviews and governance meetings.
• Manage major incidents with controlled, documented responses.
• Develop runbooks, playbooks and standardised investigations across clients.
• Contribute SOC expertise to pre-sales and Statements of Work.

Skills

SOC leadership

Security operations

SIEM/EDR/XDR

Incident response

Threat hunting

Automation

Client communications

English proficiency

Education

Cybersecurity-related qualification

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

SIEM tools

Job description

Tank Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing cyber security provider in London for a SOC Manager to run and mature the security operations function. You'll own day-to-day MDR delivery across a varied client base and lead a growing team of SOC Analysts.

This is a hands-on leadership role, not a queue watcher. The role covers service delivery, incident management, governance, onboarding, and continuous improvement.