SOC Analyst

SOC Analyst

Location: London (Hybrid, 2 days a week on-site)Hours: 2PM - 10PM (Supporting US East Coast business hours)Salary: £60,000 + Benefits

We're partnering with a leading global digital media organisation to recruit a SOC Analyst who will play a key role in protecting a large-scale, international technology environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a security professional with experience in SOC operations, threat detection, incident response, and threat hunting to join a mature security function that is investing heavily in its cyber capabilities. You'll work within a hybrid Security Operations model alongside an MSSP, helping to strengthen detection capabilities, improve threat visibility and drive continuous security improvement across cloud and on-premises environments.

Your role:

• Investigate, triage and respond to cyber security alerts, incidents and threats
• Act as the key operational contact for the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), ensuring effective monitoring and incident response
• Prioritise and manage security incidents based on business risk and impact
• Conduct proactive threat hunting across endpoint, network, identity and cloud environments
• Develop and optimise SIEM detection rules, correlation logic and monitoring use cases
• Investigate security activity across cloud platforms including AWS, Azure and GCP
• Analyse threat intelligence and emerging attack trends to enhance detection and response capabilities
• Identify gaps in monitoring coverage and implement improvements to strengthen security visibility
• Investigate and respond to DLP alerts and potential data security incidents
• Support vulnerability management by helping prioritise remediation activities based on risk and exploitability
• Contribute to SOC maturity through automation, process improvements, playbook development and post-incident reviews
• Support and optimise security tooling including SIEM, EDR, email security, cloud security and threat intelligence platforms
• Produce security reports, operational metrics and technical documentation while collaborating with technology and security teams

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with candidates who have:

• Experience within a Security Operations Centre (SOC), Cyber Security Operations or Incident Response environment
• Hands-on experience investigating security alerts using SIEM, EDR and security monitoring tools
• A strong understanding of Modern cyber threats, attacker techniques and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience analysing security events across endpoint, network, identity and cloud platforms
• Knowledge of incident response and risk-based incident prioritisation
• Experience working with or alongside an MSSP
• Exposure to threat hunting, threat intelligence and detection engineering
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and recommend improvements
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to produce clear technical documentation and incident reports
• A proactive mindset and genuine passion for cyber security and continuous learning

Why Apply?

• Join a recognised global organisation with a large and complex technology estate
• Work with modern security technologies across cloud and hybrid environments
• Opportunity to influence detection engineering, threat hunting and SOC maturity initiatives
• Collaborative security culture with strong investment in cyber security