Job Description

Role: SOC Engineer - DV

Location: Corsham (on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £700/day MAX (Umbrella)

Duration: until 30/01/2026

Security Clearance: DV & Sole UK national

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Support the transition of a SOC to support new systems and services by providing expert security guidance and application of best practices.
• Provide strategic advice to SOC management regarding incident response, monitoring, logging and analysis of all relevant systems and processes.
• Shape the development, communication and continuous improvement of the cyber monitoring detection, triage, and incident response plan.
• Identification of opportunities for cyber investment within the SOC to meet the SOC’s remit and requirement.
• Defining and continuous development of a use case-driven logging, monitoring and response capability to ensure responsiveness and resilience to cyber security threats.
• Defining the cyber security operations strategy in coordination with senior business and stakeholders.

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Threat monitoring and intelligence gathering and assessment; processes to scan for vulnerabilities and implementing fixes and mitigations; Incident response management.
• Experience in the management of Security Event Monitoring and operational response by means of monitoring and correlation tooling, antivirus, network, and host IDS/IPS monitoring and logging.
• Experience as a Tier 3 SOC Engineer undertaking the activities of Threat Hunting and Detections Engineering

Security Clearance: DV

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181