Senior SOC Lead: Detection & Automation Engineer

Pearson; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson’s Security Operations Center is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to lead day-to-day SOC operations, drive improvements, and advance detection engineering across Pearson environments. You will respond to incidents, automate workflows, and collaborate with partners to strengthen security controls.

The role emphasizes refining SOC processes, implementing detection capabilities, and ensuring alignment with Pearson security standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated environments or government clients.
• Security operations, incident response, and detection engineering (4+ years).
• Hands-on with SOAR, EDR, NDR, and SIEM technologies.
• Experience with one or more cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong multitasking and communication skills for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced SOC operations including incident detection, triage, containment, and root cause analysis.
• Develop and optimize detection logic, playbooks, and automated responses.
• Continuously improve SOC processes and align with threat landscapes.
• Collaborate with threat intel to integrate TTPs into SOC operations.
• Engage stakeholders with clear, actionable security insights.
• Ensure compliance with standards (NCSC, Cyber Essentials Plus) and Pearson policies.
• Deliver executive-level reporting, risk assessments, and metrics.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Detection engineering

SOAR

EDR

NDR

SIEM

Cloud providers

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Pearson’s Security Operations Center is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to lead day-to-day SOC operations, drive improvements, and advance detection engineering across Pearson environments. You will respond to incidents, automate workflows, and collaborate with partners to strengthen security controls.

The role emphasizes refining SOC processes, implementing detection capabilities, and ensuring alignment with Pearson security standards and regulatory requirements.