SOC Manager

MAC Recruit Group Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Additional day off per year of service

Other benefits

Job summary

MAC Recruit Group Ltd is seeking a SOC Manager to lead the Security Operations Centre, develop analysts and shape the Managed Detection & Response capability for a growing cyber security practice. This hands-on leadership role blends team building, process improvement and client engagement with technical depth for investigations.

You will line-manage SOC analysts, oversee service delivery across multiple clients, drive incident response quality, refine playbooks and support growth.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a SOC or security operations team
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, and incident response
• Ability to communicate security topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Line manage and mentor SOC Analysts and Senior SOC Analysts
• Oversee Managed Detection & Response delivery across clients
• Improve investigation quality and refine playbooks and SOPs
• Support technical discussions with prospective clients and onboarding planning

Skills

SOC leadership

Incident response

Stakeholder comms

MSSP/MDR experience

Team development

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

Job description

Lead the team. Improve the service. Stay one step ahead.

The Opportunity

This company are a growing cyber security business on a mission to deliver high-quality security operations and managed detection capabilities to organisations that need them most.

As demand for their services grows, they are looking to hire a SOC Manager to lead their Security Operations Centre, develop analysts, and help shape the future of their Managed Detection & Response service.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building teams, improving processes, working with clients and maintaining enough technical depth to guide investigations and challenge assumptions when it matters.

They are looking for someone who can lead people, improve operations and raise the standard of security delivery.

• Experience leading or supervising a Security Operations Centre (SOC) or Security Operations team
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, incident response, alert triage, detection engineering, threat hunting and SOC reporting
• Ability to communicate technical and operational security matters clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing service delivery, quality standards and operational performance
• Strong cyber security background gained through industry experience, professional qualifications or education
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience with Microsoft Defender
• Experience within an MSSP, MDR or multi-client environment
• Experience scaling or maturing a Security Operations function

What You'll Be Doing

Lead and Develop the Team

• Line manage and mentor SOC Analysts and Senior SOC Analysts
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching sessions and development planning

Own Service Delivery

• Oversee Managed Detection & Response delivery across a portfolio of clients
• Act as a senior escalation point for operational issues and incidents

Drive Operational Excellence

• Improve investigation quality, reporting and operational consistency
• Refine workflows, playbooks and response procedures
• Provide guidance during complex investigations and major incidents
• Improve detection use cases and investigation processes

Contribute to Growth

• Support technical discussions with prospective clients when required
• Assist with service design and onboarding planning

This role is offering between £90,000 - £110,000 with 33 days holiday and an additional day off fore every year of service + other benefits.

This is a hybrid working role and you must be able to travel to London Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays to be suitable for this position.

This ia a genuine opportunity to influence the growth and direction of a rapidly expanding cyber security practice,