SOC Manager

An SOC Manager is needed to take ownership of security operations at a pivotal moment in a regulated organisation’s cyber journey. This role puts you right at the centre of strengthening detection, response, and operational resilience—shaping how a modern security operations capability performs day to day. You will be based in London 2 days per week, working from home for the rest of the week. What’s in it for you

• A key leadership position influencing the maturity of an evolving security operations environment
• The opportunity to shape processes, tooling, and service standards across a modern SOC capability
• Direct collaboration with internal technology teams and external security providers
• Exposure to advanced security tooling including Microsoft Sentinel and wider Microsoft security technologies
• The chance to drive operational improvements across incident response, detection, and governance
• A highly competitive day rate within a financially regulated environment where cyber security is taken seriously

What you’ll be getting stuck into as a SOC Manager

• Leading day-to-day security operations while helping shape the SOC roadmap aligned to wider cyber strategy
• Overseeing incident response, threat detection, triage, and mitigation activities across the environment
• Managing production security incidents and contributing to change and problem management processes
• Working closely with the MSSP to monitor service performance, service levels, and operational metrics
• Improving policies, procedures, and technical controls to support regulatory compliance and operational efficiency
• Driving service improvements across ticket management, root cause analysis, monitoring, and knowledge management

What you’ll bring to the table as a SOC Manager

• Previous experience leading or managing security operations or IT security services
• Strong knowledge of SIEM platforms and monitoring frameworks such as Microsoft Sentinel and MITRE ATT&CK
• Solid understanding of the Microsoft security ecosystem and associated capabilities
• Experience across security technologies including DLP, EDR/XDR, CASB, email security, SWG, and ZTNA/SASE
• Experience working with incident management processes and third-party security service providers

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