SOC Engineer
SOC Engineer | Cyber Security | Award-Winning VAR
đź“Ť Birmingham (Hybrid)
đź’° ÂŁ45,000 - ÂŁ50,000 + Excellent Benefits
đź’Ľ Permanent
We’re supporting an award-winning VAR in hiring a SOC Engineer to join their growing Cyber Security function.
This is an exciting opportunity to work across a broad range of managed cybersecurity services, supporting enterprise customers through MDR, XDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, and incident response in a fast-paced, multi-tenant environment.
The Role
You’ll act as a technical SME within the SOC team, helping strengthen operational security capability while driving service improvement across customer environments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as the technical expert across SIEM, EDR/MDR, vulnerability scanning and wider security technologies.
- Supporting BAU operations, onboarding projects, offence triage, log source health, tuning and remediation activity.
- Providing technical guidance and assurance to SOC colleagues, ensuring remediation and incident response activities are effective.
- Staying ahead of emerging threats and advising on appropriate controls and response plans.
- Developing security processes, procedures and playbooks to improve operational maturity.
- Ensuring onboarding and security services meet governance and compliance requirements before go-live.
- Producing clear technical documentation and runbooks.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience across SOC Engineering / Security Operations within an MSSP or multi-tenanted environment.
- Hands-on knowledge of EDR/MDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning and SIEM tooling.
- Experience scripting with KQL, Python, PowerShell or Bash for automation and incident response.
- Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and cloud environments.
- Understanding of frameworks such as ISO27001, GDPR, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, and NIS2.
- Relevant certifications (CISSP, Microsoft Security, Tenable, etc.) are beneficial.
If you’re a SOC Engineer looking for a role with variety, technical depth, and the chance to work across multiple security domains, please reach out to george.monk@jamesadamsgroup.com