Lead Technical Engineer - SOC

A leading global technology and cyber organisation is building a new Security Operations Centre to support the cyber defence of a major international defence programme. The SOC will protect a complex combination of Microsoft Cloud services and on-premises data centres operating across multiple regions and classification levels.The Lead Technical Engineer will take ownership of high-level and low-level technical design across the SOC, leading small technical teams and helping shape, deploy and integrate a broad range of cyber security technologies. This is an ideal opportunity for a strong SOC engineer or cyber technical lead who combines hands-on technical depth with architecture, design and leadership capability.Whats on offer Salary: £72,000 £82,00010% annual bonusOpportunity to play a leading role in the build of a major new SOCHybrid working with customer-site attendance near Frimley approximately once every one to two weeksLondon and Frimley are ideal locations, although candidates based elsewhere can be considered where regular travel is manageableExcellent benefits packageStrong long-term career progressionCandidates must be eligible to obtain SC clearanceWhat you need Strong experience designing, building, deploying and operating SOC technologiesExperience across at least two of the following: SIEM, SOAR, EDR, Vulnerability Management or Threat IntelligenceProven experience producing high-level, low-level and deployment-level technical designsExperience leading technical design activities and small engineering teamsStrong knowledge of SOC technologies such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Nessus and Microsoft XDRExperience onboarding data sources and services into SIEM platformsAbility to specify infrastructure requirements including compute, storage, memory and network bandwidthExperience deploying applications across cloud, containerised and on-premises environmentsStrong understanding of network architecture, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, ACLs, DNS and secure network designGood knowledge of Windows and Linux administrationUnderstanding of scalable and resilient architecture principlesStrong knowledge of security controls, least privilege, encryption and system hardeningExperience with endpoint security, EDR, Active Directory or LDAPUnderstanding of cyber threats, threat actors, TTPs and the operationalisation of threat intelligenceAbility to oversee technical deployments and ensure entry criteria, implementation plans and rollback processes are in placeStrong documentation and stakeholder-facing skillsTPBN1_UKTJ