Senior SOC Analyst Level 2
Senior SOC Analyst Hemel Hempstead, UK | Fully On-Site24/7 Shift PatternCompetitive Salary + Shift AllowanceDV Clearance Eligible – British Citizens OnlyThis 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 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 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)