Cyber Network Security Shift Leader
Location: Stevenage
Salary: Up to £70,000 P/A + Shift Allowance, excellent bonus, and benefits
Hours: 37 hours per week. This role is a shift role, consisting of days (including early shift) and nights (including evening shift), with two working weekends per month and rest days, within an agreed team rota.
We have an exciting opportunity for a SOC Shift Leader working within a busy Cyber Security department for an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering/manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.
The Cyber Network Security (SOC) Shift Leader opportunity
An opportunity for a SOC Shift Leader has arisen within a busy Cyber Security Operation Centre (SOC) where there is a requirement to establish a new pivotal role that ensures operational excellence and team continuity across a 24x7 defence environment. The SOC Shift Lead will provide quality assurance & continuity working across three rotating teams of Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts, providing live operational oversight, procedural assurance, and ongoing mentorship.
The SOC Shift Leader ensures each analyst team is aligned with evolving cyber threat detection standards, works in sync with response and intelligence functions, and delivers consistent high-quality casework across shifts. This is a senior operational role that builds upon the responsibilities of a senior SOC Analyst, introducing additional duties in mentoring, knowledge dissemination, quality control, and SOC capability uplift.
Benefits of working here
* State of the art technology & innovation
* External learning and development encouraged.
* Light and airy university type campus.
* Friendly environment!
o Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More…
Cyber Network Security (SOC) Shift Leader Skills Required
* A career background in Cyber Security. Security awareness and experience in all areas of IT, primarily Network Security, Infrastructure and the secondary area being Operating Systems & Applications.
* Ability to lead by example, enforce standards diplomatically, and foster a high-performing team culture.
* Prior experience in mentoring, peer coaching, or quality assurance within a SOC environment.
* Excellent written and verbal communication for coordination, escalation, and documentation purposes.
* Demonstrable understanding of the OSI Reference Model and the network communication protocols, including but not limited to DNS, HTTP/S, SSL, SMTP, FTP/S, LDAP/S.
* Demonstrable experience with Security Information Event Monitoring Tools and/or Network Packet Capture tools.
You will need to be either a full UK citizen or dual national with British citizenship, as you will need to secure UK security clearance, to DV level, as required by the role.
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