SOC Level 3 Technical Lead

Senior SOC Analyst (Level 3)/Technical Lead | Buckinghamshire (hybrid)

A rapidly scaling managed security provider is hiring the most senior technical hire in its Security Operations Centre. The SOC runs around the clock protecting clients ranging from mid-market firms to household-name enterprises - but this role sits on a standard daytime pattern, with on-call participation for genuine emergencies only.

This is the job for someone who's outgrown alert triage and wants to own the hard problems: the ransomware call at the worst possible moment, the intrusion that's been dwelling for months, the investigation that ends up in front of regulators.

Salary: £60-70k DOE + competitive package

Location: Buckinghamshire (3 days onsite)

What You'll Do:

• Lead the most serious investigations in the client portfolio - ransomware, supply-chain compromise, data breaches, insider cases - owning the full life cycle from detection through recovery
• Make Real Time containment calls under pressure and brief client leadership, up to board level, in language they can act on
• Run proactive threat hunts and build detection content across SIEM, EDR and cloud platforms, tuning out noise as you go
• Develop SOAR playbooks and automation, and help shape the SOC's tooling roadmap and architecture
• Produce evidential-standard reporting fit for auditors, regulators and law enforcement
• Mentor the analyst team and act as senior escalation point for major incidents

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years in incident response or SOC environments, ideally with managed services (MSSP) exposure
• A proven record leading complex investigations - ransomware and breach cases you can walk through in depth
• Advanced hands-on malware analysis capability, spanning behavioural analysis and reverse engineering
• Deep expertise across enterprise SIEM platforms and EDR tooling (CrowdStrike knowledge a strong advantage)
• A well-developed threat hunting toolkit: YARA rules, IOC development, timeline analysis and adversary profiling
• Cloud investigation experience - Azure and/or AWS incident response, log analysis and cloud-native threats
• The communication skills to translate deep technical findings for senior, non-technical audiences
• A natural mentoring style that helps Junior Analysts ask questions, learn and progress

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

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