Senior SOC Analyst Level 2
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
- 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)