Senior SOC Analyst
Farnborough, UK | Fully On-Site
24/7 Shift Pattern
Up to £58K + 20% Shift Allowance
DV Clearance Eligible – British Citizens Only
This SOC role is on the frontline of cyber defence.
I'm looking for a Senior SOC Analyst to join a high-performing Security Operations Centre supporting UK defence, aerospace, and national security programmes. You’ll be monitoring and responding to real, advanced threats in environments where the stakes are genuinely high.
You’ll operate inside a trusted consultancy setting, defending country-critical systems and countering sophisticated adversaries, including nation-state activity.
In this Senior SOC Analyst role, you will:
* Monitoring, triaging and investigating security alerts in highly secure environments
* Analysing threats using SIEM, endpoint telemetry, network traffic and logs
* Supporting live incident response, escalation and containment activities
* Enhancing detections, rules and playbooks aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
* Producing clear, high-quality incident reports for both technical and senior stakeholders
* Contributing to threat intelligence and proactive defence initiatives
* Staying ahead of emerging TTPs, tooling and adversary behaviour
To secure this Senior SOC analyst role, you will have:
* Proven experience working in a Security Operations Centre (SOC)
* Hands-on SIEM experience (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or similar)
* Strong understanding xsngvjr of MITRE ATT&CK and modern detection techniques
* Confident analysis across logs, endpoints and network traffic
* Solid knowledge of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP)
* Awareness of enterprise security tooling (firewalls, AV, VPNs, IDS/IPS)
* Eligibility for DV Clearance (sole British National, UK resident for the past 10 years)
This Senior SOC role will help protecting the UK from advanced and persistent cyber threats, alongside teams that take security seriously.