Senior SOC Lead: Incident Response & Detection Engineering

Pearson; Carson City (NV); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson in Durham (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Security Analyst to lead day-to-day SOC operations, drive incident response, and advance detection engineering across Pearson’s environments. You will refine SOC processes, develop detection capabilities, and ensure alignment with Pearson’s security standards.

Responsibilities include on-call 24x7 coverage, automation of response workflows, collaboration with threat intelligence, and clear communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated environments or government clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute advanced SOC operations including incident detection, triage, containment, and root cause analysis.
• Develop, implement, and optimize detection logic, playbooks, and automated response workflows.
• Continuously assess and enhance SOC processes and procedures.
• Collaborate with threat intelligence teams to analyze risks and integrate TTPs into SOC operations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders and translate findings for non-technical audiences.
• Ensure all SOC activities comply with standards (e.g., NCSC, Cyber Essentials Plus) and Pearson policies.
• Deliver executive-level reporting, risk assessments, and metrics.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Detection engineering

SOAR

EDR

NDR

SIEM

Cloud security

Communication

Tools

SOAR

EDR

NDR

SIEM

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Pearson in Durham (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Security Analyst to lead day-to-day SOC operations, drive incident response, and advance detection engineering across Pearson’s environments. You will refine SOC processes, develop detection capabilities, and ensure alignment with Pearson’s security standards.

Responsibilities include on-call 24x7 coverage, automation of response workflows, collaboration with threat intelligence, and clear communication with stakeholders.