Anson McCade
SOC Shift Lead
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SOC Shift Lead | London | £70,000–£84,900 + 25% Shift Premium
Location: London
Shift: 24/7 SOC
Contract Type: Permanent
Security Clearance Required
I’m currently supporting a major transformation programme focused on sovereign AI and next-generation high-performance computing infrastructure, and I’m looking for an experienced SOC Shift Lead to join a 24/7 security operation in Central London.
This is not a traditional SOC Analyst position. You’ll be the senior technical escalation point on shift, leading incident response activity, supporting analysts and taking ownership of complex and high-severity security incidents.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead the response to medium and high-severity security incidents
- Act as the escalation point for complex investigations and provide technical direction on shift
- Investigate attack vectors, scope and potential impact across multiple data sources
- Perform root cause analysis and coordinate containment, eradication and recovery
- Correlate events across SIEM, EDR and other security tooling to build a clear incident narrative
- Identify detection gaps and support improvements to rules, thresholds and playbooks
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to L1 SOC Analysts
- Produce detailed investigation and incident reports
- Participate in SOC exercises and incident response simulations
- Take operational accountability for the SOC during your shift in the absence of the SOC Manager / NOC Lead
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What we’re looking for
You’ll ideally bring 7+ years’ experience across SOC, Incident Response or Threat Analysis, with proven experience leading a SOC team or acting as a senior escalation point.
You should have strong hands-on knowledge of:
- SIEM and EDR technologies
- Incident response and investigation
- Threat analysis and malware behaviour
- Detection engineering / tuning
- Incident containment and remediation
- Leading or mentoring SOC Analysts
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Certifications such as GCIH, GCIA, SC-200, CySA+ or Splunk are advantageous but not essential.
Why consider it?
- £70,000–£84,900 basic salary
- 25% shift premium
- Central London
- 24/7 SOC operation
- Opportunity to work within a highly secure, next-generation AI compute environment
- Genuine SOC leadership responsibility rather than purely hands-on monitoring
- Exposure to some of the most advanced high-density compute infrastructure being developed in the UK
If you’re currently a SOC Team Lead, SOC Shift Lead, Senior SOC Analyst or Incident Response Lead and are looking for your next step into a high-profile, security-critical environment, I’d be keen to speak.
Bradley Collings
Senior Technology Recruitment Consultant
Bradley.Collings@ansonmccade.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-collings-amc/
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