Senior SOC Analyst

Senior SOC Analyst – Defence & National Security

Farnborough | Fully on-site | 24/7 shift pattern

Up to £58,000 + 20% shift allowance (£69,600 combined)

SOC Analyst who enjoys defending against state-of-the-art attacks?

Like getting into the detail of an investigation?

Want to use your SOC experience to help protect UK defence and national security programmes?

I’m working with an established consultancy looking for Senior SOC Analysts to join its Farnborough SOC. You’ll investigate complex threats, support live incident response and strengthen detections across secure defence and aerospace environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• Investigating alerts using SIEM, endpoint telemetry, network traffic and logs.
• Supporting incident response, escalation and containment.
• Improving detection rules and playbooks aligned to MITRE ATT&CK.
• Producing clear incident reports and contributing to proactive threat detection.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven SOC Analyst experience and confidence taking investigations beyond the initial alert.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk or a similar SIEM.
• A strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, networking and enterprise security tools.

Clearance requirements:

Applicants must be sole British nationals, have lived in the UK for the past 10 years and be eligible to undergo DV clearance.