SOC Engineer

SOC Engineer
Farnborough or can also be based out of Hemel Hempstead | Up to £65K | SC Cleared / Eligible

A great role for a hands-on SOC Engineer with solid SIEM skills (Sentinel or Splunk) to join a small, tight-knit team of 5. You’ll be working on high-impact client environments, making sure monitoring and protective tooling actually works, so the SOC can detect, investigate and respond at pace.

Due to the nature of the work, you will need to be willing and able to go through a high level of security clearance in the UK.

This is real hands-on security Engineering work with scope to grow your career.

As the SOC Engineer, you will:

Installing, configuring and supporting SOC tooling
Managing SIEM platforms (Sentinel or Splunk)
Building SIEM platforms
Supporting threat intel, malware and security monitoring platforms
Working with teams to assess risks, improve controls and apply changes
Keeping up with threats and recommending improvements
As the SOC Engineer

Strong SIEM experience (Sentinel or Splunk)
Good understanding of information security fundamentals
Familiarity with security monitoring/protective technologies
Organised, able to juggle priorities and work with others
CompTIA Network+ or equivalent
Nice to have:

Azure or AWS security experience
Wider SOC / threat tooling knowledge
What makes this SOC Engineer role stand out?

Small, focused team where you can make an impact
Work on important, high-profile environments
Real scope to develop and grow within the SOC
Working on country critical technology