Hybrid SOC Analyst – Own MDR Clients & Growth

The Cache Group; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cache Group is seeking a SOC Analyst in Wellington for a permanent hybrid role. You will triage alerts, tune detections, and act as the service advisor for MDR customers.

Workload includes dedicated time for customer training, vendor updates, and monthly service reviews, with on-call responsibilities after a ramp-up period. You will join a collaborative team supporting multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on SOC experience or strong sysadmin moving into security.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Rapid7).
• Strong detection tuning and alert management.
• Clear communication and customer-facing skills.
• Ability to work independently in a hybrid setup.

Responsibilities

• Triage and investigate alerts across Sentinel, Rapid7 and CrowdStrike NG-SIEM; tune detections to cut noise.
• Be the named analyst and service advisor for your own MDR customers.
• Run each customer's monthly service review and follow through on actions.
• Deliver Service Requests and security advice, presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
• On-call responsibilities once established, 9-12 months in.

Skills

SOC experience

SIEM

KQL

Customer communication

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike Falcon

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Job description

The Cache Group is seeking a SOC Analyst in Wellington for a permanent hybrid role. You will triage alerts, tune detections, and act as the service advisor for MDR customers.

Workload includes dedicated time for customer training, vendor updates, and monthly service reviews, with on-call responsibilities after a ramp-up period. You will join a collaborative team supporting multiple platforms.