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Head of SOC

Robert Walters
Posted 10 days ago, valid for 14 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Salary

£70,000 - £84,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Robert Walters is seeking a Head of SOC for a leading technology solution business in the UK due to significant growth and acquisition.
  • The role is home-based, offering a salary of up to £85,000 plus additional benefits.
  • Key responsibilities include driving cybersecurity strategy, managing a UK-wide SOC team, and enhancing threat detection capabilities.
  • Candidates should have proven experience as a technical/team manager with a strong background in cybersecurity and SOC operations.
  • The position requires effective communication skills across technical and non-technical staff and expertise in various security controls and tools.

Robert Walters is working in partnership with one of the largest technology solution businesses in the UK. Due to extensive growth and acquisition, they have experienced accelerated growth across both public and private sector.

Due to continued growth, they are keen to appoint a Head of SOC for group to lead the SOC team, ensuring efficient operations and upkeep of cybersecurity standards and processes.

The appoint for a Head of SOC is a homebased role paying a salary up to £85,000 plus package.

Head of SOC: Duties

  • Drive cyber security strategy
  • Mentoring and managing UK-Wide SOC team - coaching & training
  • Enhance threat detection capabilities
  • Design/Implement streamlined processes and optimize automations
  • Monitor/Analyse security events - coordinate effective response
  • Mitigate vulnerabilities
  • Manage/Optimize SIEM and SOAR platforms
  • Improve incident response times and threat detection
  • Enhance team processes, automations
  • Test/Implement new automation techniques
  • Primary stakeholder for escalated incidents
  • Develop SOC processes and documentation
  • Monitor/Analyse security events
  • Oversee customer security reporting and conduct service reviews

Head of SOC: Experience

  • Proven experience as a technical/team manager
  • Cyber Security expert - deep understanding of best practise
  • Communicate across both technical and non-technical staff
  • SOC operations and SIEM/SOAR tools experience
  • Technical security controls - Firewalls, IPS, endpoint security, web and email filtering, network security logging
  • Supporting secure infrastructure from change to BAU
  • Provide security expertise, guidance and assurance for projects

The permanent opportunity for a Head of SOC will pay a salary up to £85,000 plus package. This is a home-based role. This is an opportunity to join an industry leader and a business that has experienced considerable growth year on year.

For further information, please apply with an updated CV and contact Ajay Hayre on /

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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