SOC Analyst

Jacobs; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cover

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Holiday Buy/Sell

Wellbeing benefits

Family & Parental Support

Fertility Support

Enhanced Pension

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a SOC Analyst to monitor and investigate security alerts within a hybrid UK-based SOC. You’ll support incident response and threat hunting while collaborating with experienced colleagues to strengthen cyber resilience across client environments.

Applicants with SIEM exposure and an understanding of MFA/RBAC, as well as eligibility for UKSV clearance, are encouraged to apply. This is a full-time, hybrid role with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with SOC activities through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, placement year, internship, or early-career role.
• Experience with a SIEM platform and understanding of how security alerts are monitored and prioritised.
• Knowledge of cyber security threats and attack techniques.
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts such as MFA and RBAC.
• Good understanding of wider IT infrastructure and connectivity.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Eligibility to obtain UKSV SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts as part of the SOC team.
• Support incident response activities and threat hunting exercises.
• Identify emerging threats across internal and client environments.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve security monitoring and response capabilities.
• Develop hands-on technical expertise across a broad cyber security landscape.

Skills

SOC operations

Threat detection

Incident response

RBAC & MFA

IT infrastructure

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender XDR

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Cyber threats are constantly evolving, making effective security operations critical to organisations across every sector. As a SOC Analyst, you'll help protect Jacobs clients by identifying, investigating, and responding to security threats before they can impact systems, users, or data.

Working as part of an experienced, collaborative Cyber Security team, you'll gain exposure to modern security technologies and play an important role in helping to strengthen cyber resilience across a diverse range of environments.

What You'll Do

As part of our Security Operations Centre (SOC) team, you'll monitor and investigate security alerts, support incident response activities, and help identify emerging threats across internal and client environments.

Using technologies such as Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR, you'll analyse security events, investigate suspicious activity, support threat hunting exercises, and work closely with experienced colleagues to improve security monitoring and response capabilities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical expertise while gaining hands-on experience across a broad cyber security landscape.

Here's what you'll need

We're looking for someone with a passion for cyber security and some practical exposure to SOC activities.

You may have gained this experience through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, placement year, internship, or an early-career cyber security role. Most importantly, you'll have experience of working with a SIEM platform and an understanding of how security alerts are monitored, investigated, and prioritised.

You’ll also bring

• Knowledge of cyber security threats and attack techniques
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts such as MFA and RBAC
• Good understanding of wider IT infrastructure and connectivity
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Eligibility to obtain UKSV SC security clearance

Experience with Microsoft Sentinel or Defender XDR would be advantageous but is not essential.

Other Key Info

This is a full time, permanent role, UK based, hybrid (2-3 days/week) aligned to a Jacobs office, with occasional business travel to support client and business requirements.

Full time employment at Jacobs is based on a 40-hour working week. We place a strong emphasis on work life balance and flexibility, and flexi-time is available.

Eligibility for UKSV Security Check (SC) level clearance is required, if not already held. More info re vetting, here

We offer an excellent and wide range of employee benefits including comprehensive Health Cover, Life Assurance, Income Protection, holiday buy/sell scheme, and a variety of wellbeing, family, parental and fertility support offerings, along with an enhanced contribution pension scheme.

At Jacobs, we deliver solutions that matter.

You'll be supported by experienced cyber security professionals, encouraged to develop your technical skills, and given opportunities to build a rewarding career within a collaborative and inclusive environment.

#DigitalUKI

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.