Senior SOC Analyst

Senior SOC Analyst

Farnborough UK | Fully On-Site

24/7 Shift Pattern

Competitive Salary + 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 behaviourTo 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 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 (British citizen, 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