Position Available: SOC Shift Lead
Location: Hertfordshire (on-site, shift-based role)
Salary: £65,000 - £72,000 + Benefits
Experience needed: Proven background in Cyber Security, with experience leading teams within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) environment. Strong technical knowledge across network security, infrastructure, and operating systems.
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced SOC Shift Leader to join a dynamic Cyber Security Operations Centre, providing critical oversight across a 24/7 secure environment. This role is pivotal in ensuring operational excellence, shift continuity, and the highest standards of threat detection and response.
You'll work across three rotating teams of Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts, delivering live operational oversight, quality assurance, and mentoring. In addition to hands-on SOC analyst duties, you will play a key role in developing team capability, enforcing standards, and ensuring seamless communication between shifts and wider security functions.
This is a senior operational position that blends technical expertise with leadership responsibilities. You'll act as the first point of escalation for your shift, support analysts with complex cases, and help shape continuous improvements to SOC processes, playbooks, and detection standards.
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