Security Operations Center Lead

Are you a SOC Lead looking for your next career move? Are you Gosport or Glasgow based? If so read on! This role can be based from either Gosport or Glasgow and is a Hybrid position, so offers the perfect mix of office and home based.

The Shift Lead within the ADS SOC Service is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, managing the SOC team during shifts, and ensuring effective security analysis, incident response, and monitoring of client infrastructure. Reporting to the SOC Operations Manager, the Shift Lead is a critical escalation point during incidents, contributing to process development, and plays a pivotal role in continual service improvement and staff development.

What you’ll be doing:

• Team oversight - Directly manage and oversee all Analysts during assigned shifts.
• Security analysis and incident response - Lead security analysis efforts, incident classification, and incident response actions.
• Monitoring client security infrastructure - Oversee the continuous monitoring of client infrastructure.
• SOC escalation point - Act as a key escalation point during incidents, advising on containment points and response strategies.
• Threat understanding - Maintain a deep understanding of evolving cybersecurity threats

What you will bring:

• Experience with SIEM tools including Splunk, QRadar, and Sentinel.
• Ability to assess and impact business changes on the security posture.
• Possess current certifications for enterprise level security platforms.
• Extensive experience in a SOC environment with a proven track record of incident response & security analysis.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity threats, attack vectors, and industry best practices

This role offers fantastic training and development, suited to each individuals needs.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Gosport or Glasgow
Security Clearance Level: SC Cleared, must be eligible for DV
Internal Recruiter: Rebecca
Salary: £58,000-65,000 dependant on experience
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.