SOC Manager

Job Title: SOC Manager

Location: Hybrid in London (3 days per week)

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: Up to £80,000 + package

Start Date: Immediate

Industry: Managed Services

One of our MSP clients are looking for an experienced SOC Manager / SOC Lead to join a leading cybersecurity operations environment based onsite in London. This role will act as the key interface between customer stakeholders and a global Security Operations Centre, ensuring the smooth delivery of 24/7 security monitoring and incident response services.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing SOC operations, coordinating offshore analysts, improving detection and response capabilities, and ensuring strong governance across the security operations function.

SOC Manager – Key Responsibilities

SOC Leadership & Operations

• Oversee daily SOC operations supporting a global 24×7 security monitoring capability
• Guide SOC analysts (L1–L3) and threat hunters to ensure efficient investigation and response
• Monitor operational performance and ensure adherence to SLAs and response timelines
• Drive continuous improvement across SOC processes, procedures, and workflows

Incident Response & Security Operations

• Lead response to high-severity security incidents as the incident commander
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across infrastructure, network, and cloud environments
• Review incident reports, root cause analysis, and implement lessons learned
• Maintain and enhance incident response playbooks aligned to industry frameworks

Security Technology Oversight

• Provide operational oversight for SIEM, SOAR and EDR technologies
• Work with detection engineering teams to improve use cases and correlation rules
• Support onboarding of log sources and optimisation of detection capabilities
• Improve automation and orchestration within the SOC environment

Stakeholder & Governance Responsibilities

• Act as the primary operational contact for cybersecurity services onsite
• Coordinate closely with global SOC teams to ensure aligned service delivery
• Deliver operational dashboards, performance reports, and executive summaries
• Track SOC metrics including MTTD, MTTR, SLA performance and investigation quality

Threat Intelligence & Proactive Security

• Lead proactive threat hunting initiatives
• Ensure effective use of threat intelligence feeds and behavioural analytics
• Support security validation activities such as red/blue/purple team exercises

SOC Manager – Key Skills Required

• 10+ years experience in cybersecurity operations
• 3+ years in SOC leadership / SOC management roles
• Strong hands-on knowledge of SIEM, SOAR and EDR technologies
• Experience with tools such as LogRhythm, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Securonix
• Understanding of incident response frameworks and SOC operating models
• Experience working in enterprise or managed SOC environments
• Strong stakeholder communication and incident management capabilities

Desirable certifications:

• CISSP or CISM
• GIAC certifications (GCIH / GCIA / GCFA / GCTI / GMON)
• CEH or CompTIA CySA+
• Azure security certifications (AZ-500 / SC-200)

This role is ideal for a senior SOC professional who enjoys leading security operations, improving detection capabilities, and working closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

Please apply now if this role is of interest.