SOC Architect

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a SOC Architect in Bristol to lead the development of a security operations center. The ideal candidate must have experience in SOC design and strong stakeholder management skills. This hybrid role requires leading critical discussions and delivering a comprehensive design by November 2025, with potential for flexible part-time work.

Qualifications

• Experience required in SOC architecture and design.
• Familiarity with NIST and NCSC SOC guidance is essential.
• Ability to lead discussions with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of a high-level design for a SOC.
• Work with senior stakeholders to align on SOC objectives.
• Deliver a design that meets monitoring and threat response needs.

Skills

Industry best practice for SOC service and solution design

Experience with heightened threat response requirements

Evaluation of security tools for SOC requirements

High Level Design of security infrastructure

Knowledge of security policies and processes

Leadership and influence skills

Job description

Job Title: SOC Architect
Location: Bristol Hybrid - 2 days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Duration: Until 13 November 2025
Clearance: Must be Eligible for SC Clearance
Rate: £650 per day - PAYE via Umbrella Only

Role:
Lead the development and delivery of a high-level design for a SOC, including associated tooling (e.g. SIEM solution) to support a multi-vendor cloud based back office implementation.

Experience with:

• Industry best practice for SOC service and solution design.
• Working with organisations with heightened threat response requirements (e.g. UK Defence & Central Government).
• Evaluation and selection of security tools that meet the organisations SOC requirements.
• High Level Design of security infrastructure and tools to support a SOC's mission of monitoring, detecting, analysing, and responding to cyber threats.
• Knowledge of the following policies and process.

Required:

• NIST
• NCSC SOC Guidance
• NCSC CAF (CNI)

Desirable:

• MoD JSP 440
• MoD JSP 503
• MoD JSP 45

We also need someone with a greater level of seniority and authority who is able to lead the client thinking on this. And we still have room for an i8 or higher grade role, title is SOC/SIEM Architect/Lead. Now, the timeline is getting compressed, which means we need someone who can hit the ground running. It's a key area for us, and there are a load of interesting stakeholders, including senior KPMG, Capgemini and MOD people. All these stakeholders need to be influenced into a common view, so someone is needed with an ability to lead the room and really drive this in the right direction and enable the production and acceptance of our deliverable before the end of October. It could be a part time role, depending on who the candidate is. The grade in the BCS is not going to be a constraint for this.