Senior SOC Defender: End-to-End Incident Response

Defenced; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop

25 days leave

Pension

Job summary

Defenced is seeking an experienced SOC Analyst to join a close-knit, dedicated team in the Netherlands. You will own the full security operations chain—from onboarding and detection engineering to incident response and client conversations—driving proactive security beyond traditional SOC roles.

The role emphasizes collaboration across a non-siloed SOC, with continuous development of detections, automation, and mentoring of peers, alongside direct client communication and 24/7 protection of

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a SOC or comparable security operations environment.
• Knowledge of incident response, detection and log analysis.
• Experience with SIEM or XDR platforms.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyse and respond to security incidents for Dutch organisations.
• Develop and improve detections and use cases on our next-generation platform.
• Onboard new clients, including setting up data streams and detection scenarios.
• Contribute to automation and improvement projects within the SOC.
• Coach fellow analysts.
• Work with the SOC Lead on the continued development of the SOC.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Log analysis

SIEM/XDR experience

Dutch & English

Tools

SIEM/XDR platforms

Job description

Defenced is seeking an experienced SOC Analyst to join a close-knit, dedicated team in the Netherlands. You will own the full security operations chain—from onboarding and detection engineering to incident response and client conversations—driving proactive security beyond traditional SOC roles.

The role emphasizes collaboration across a non-siloed SOC, with continuous development of detections, automation, and mentoring of peers, alongside direct client communication and 24/7 protection of