Senior SOC Analyst
Hemel Hempstead, UK – Onsite | 24/7 Shift Pattern
Competitive Salary | DV Clearance Eligible (British Citizens Only)
Are you an experienced SOC Analyst looking to operate at the sharp end of UK cyber defence? This is an opportunity to work within a high-performing Security Operations Centre supporting defence, aerospace, and national security programmes protecting truly critical systems.
You’ll be part of a trusted consultancy environment, defending country-critical technology and responding to sophisticated, real-world threats — including nation-state activity.
What you’ll be doing:
Monitoring and triaging security alerts across highly secure environments
Investigating threats using SIEM, network traffic, endpoint telemetry, and logs
Supporting live incident response and escalation activities
Enhancing detection rules, playbooks, and tooling aligned to MITRE ATT&CK
Producing clear, high-quality incident reports for technical and senior stakeholders
Contributing to threat intelligence and proactive defence initiatives
Keeping ahead of emerging tactics, techniques, and threat actor behaviour
What you’ll bring:
Proven experience working in a Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Hands-on SIEM experience (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or similar)
Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and modern detection methodologies
Solid analytical skills across logs, endpoints, and network traffic
Knowledge of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP)
Awareness of enterprise security tooling (firewalls, AV, VPNs, IDS/IPS)
Eligibility for DV Clearance (British citizen, UK resident for the past 10 years)
This role offers the chance to apply your SOC expertise where it genuinely matters — defending the UK against advanced and persistent cyber threats.
If you are interested please apply ASAP. The People Network is an employment agency and will respond to all applicants within three - five working days. If you do not hear within these timescales please feel free to get in touch