Senior SOC Engineer; DV Cleared​/Eligible

Senior SOC Engineer (DV Cleared / Eligible) PAYE Rate: £364.65 per day Umbrella Rate: £467.08 per day Contract | Inside IR35 Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extensions) Hybrid Milton Keynes (approx. 60% onsite) We are supporting a confidential UK Government organisation in the recruitment of a Senior SOC Engineer to join an established Security Operations Centre. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a high-performing Cyber Security team, supporting critical national infrastructure and contributing to the enhancement of SOC capability, monitoring, and detection engineering.

The Role You will work alongside Cyber SOC Engineers and Analysts to maintain and enhance protective monitoring and detection capability. This is a hands-on engineering role with exposure to SIEM, security tooling, and incident investigation support.

Key responsibilities include:

Monitoring and improving performance of SOC protective controls and tooling Investigating, resolving or escalating technical issues within the SOC environment