SOC Solutions and Cyber Advisory Lead

CGI Group Inc.; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services firm is seeking a SOC Solutions & Cyber Advisory Lead to design and develop intelligence-led SOC services. This role offers the opportunity to advise on client-facing SOC solutions and influence sales engagements. Applicants should have a strong background in SOC operations and the ability to translate cyber risks into pragmatic solutions. This hybrid role requires UK Security Clearance eligibility, offering excellent benefits including competitive salary and flexible time off.

Benefits

Insurance coverage

Medical benefits

Pension plan

Flexible time off

Share Purchase Plan

Member discounts

Health and Wellbeing Programme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in SOC operations, MDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and security architecture.
• Proven background designing and delivering managed security services in client-facing roles.
• Ability to translate complex cyber risk into clear, pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with experience engaging senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness of service pricing, scope, and delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Advise and shape client-facing SOC solutions aligned to risk, maturity, and business priorities.
• Design and develop intelligence-led SOC services, use cases, and advisory-driven offerings.
• Support and enable sales engagements, bids, and proposals with technical leadership.

Skills

SOC operations

MDR/XDR

threat intelligence

security architecture

excellent communication skills

commercial awareness

Job description

Overview

At CGI, we help organisations make confident, informed decisions about cyber resilience. As our SOC Solutions & Cyber Advisory Lead, you will sit at the heart of our intelligence-led SOC services, shaping solutions that balance technical excellence with real-world business outcomes. Working directly with clients and internal experts, you'll influence how services are designed, sold, and delivered, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and aligned to client risk and maturity. You'll be trusted to lead with insight, encouraged to think creatively about service evolution, and supported by a collaborative culture that enables you to make a meaningful, lasting impact. In this role, you will act as the technical authority and trusted advisor for intelligence-led SOC managed services, bridging sales, service development, and delivery. You will work closely with clients to understand their threat landscape and business objectives, translating these into pragmatic, outcome-focused SOC solutions that are operationally viable and scalable.

You will take ownership of solution design and service evolution, while being supported by expert delivery and threat intelligence teams. Your contribution will help ensure smooth client onboarding, successful service adoption, and long-term optimisation of SOC capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise & Shape client-facing SOC solutions aligned to risk, maturity, and business priorities
• Design & Develop intelligence-led SOC services, use cases, and advisory-driven offerings
• Support & Enable sales engagements, bids, and proposals with technical leadership

Qualifications

• Strong experience in SOC operations, MDR/XDR, threat intelligence, and security architecture
• Proven background designing and delivering managed security services in client-facing roles
• Ability to translate complex cyber risk into clear, pragmatic solutions
• Excellent communication skills with experience engaging senior technical and business stakeholders
• Commercial awareness of service pricing, scope, and delivery models

Life at CGI

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Benefits

• Insurance coverage
• Medical benefits
• Pension plan
• Member Assistant Programme
• Check4Cancer
• Flexible time off
• Share Purchase Plan
• Member discounts
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Profit Participation Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programme

Company & Location

Discover CGI
London, England, United Kingdom
> 1000 employees
IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients' businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you'll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other.

Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK Best Employer by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.