Creation Recruitment
SOC Manager
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SOC Manager / Senior Security Analyst
Fully remote or Hybrid working (Reading)
Permanent salary - £85,000-£100,000 plus benefits.
We’re looking for an experienced SOC Manager / Senior Security Analyst who can combine hands-on Tier 2/3 investigation with incident leadership, detection engineering, and team development.
This is not a purely managerial SOC role. You’ll remain close to the technology, acting as the senior escalation point for complex incidents while helping shape how the SOC operates from the ground up.
Our first major engagement is within business aviation, where security monitoring must be rigorous without disrupting operational continuity.
What you’ll do
- Help shape the operating model for the growing SOC capability
- Lead Tier 2/3 investigations and incident response
- Act as incident commander during active security events
- Tune SIEM detection logic and reduce alert noise
- Develop detection rules, playbooks, and escalation processes
- Integrate threat intelligence and emerging adversary TTPs
- Support digital forensics, breach monitoring, and penetration-testing activity
- Build effective follow-the-sun workflows and handovers
- Mentor Tier 1/2 analysts and develop their investigation capability
- Identify monitoring blind spots and improve security coverage
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What we’re looking for
- SOC / blue-team security operations
- Tier 2 or Tier 3 security analysis
- Digital forensics and incident investigation
- Incident response and incident command
- SIEM platforms and detection engineering
- MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and CIS frameworks
- Threat intelligence and threat hunting
- Leading or mentoring analysts
- Working in distributed or operationally constrained environments
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The kind of person who will thrive here
- You’re technically curious, pragmatic, and comfortable operating with autonomy.
- You understand that frameworks are a starting point rather than a prescription, and you can balance strong security controls with the realities of operational environments.
- You use AI-supported tools intelligently, but you don’t outsource your judgement to them.
- You document well, communicate clearly across shifts, and enjoy helping less experienced analysts become stronger investigators.
Why join?
This is an opportunity to help build a SOC rather than simply inherit one.
You’ll work on technically challenging problems, influence the operating model from the outset, and play a central role in developing a resilient security capability for clients where the quality of security operations genuinely matters.
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