Job Title: SOC Manager

Company Overview:

Our client, a leading organization in the financial services sector, is seeking a dedicated and experienced SOC Manager to join their team. This pivotal role will contribute to safeguarding the organization's digital assets and infrastructure from cybersecurity threats, ensuring a robust security posture and effective incident response. Starting ASAP, paying up to £90,000 per annum.

Role Overview:

As the SOC Manager, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, technical expertise, and operational oversight to the Security Operations Center (SOC) team. Your role will involve managing both external and internal SOC personnel, overseeing security monitoring and analysis, incident response, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the subject matter expert on SOC matters for the organization.
• Manage the external SOC team and a small internal team, ensuring alignment with organizational security objectives.
• Review output from the external SOC team and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Set clear goals and objectives for the SOC team, providing guidance, support, and training as needed.
• Oversee detection, analysis, and response to security incidents and breaches, coordinating incident response efforts.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Stay abreast of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and trends, implementing and maintaining threat intelligence feeds and tools.
• Develop and refine SOC procedures and playbooks based on emerging threats and attack patterns.
• Evaluate new security solutions and technologies to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
• Collaborate with IT and security teams to integrate security controls and automate workflow processes.
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on security incidents, trends, and metrics to senior management.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards for incident reporting and documentation.
• Identify opportunities to enhance SOC operations through process improvements and technology enhancements.
• Foster a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing within the SOC team and across the organization.
• Flexibility for out-of-hours work as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or equivalent are preferred.
• Strong working experience with Sentinel.
• Familiarity with industry frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.
• Experience with writing and socializing SOC policies, standards, and procedures.
• Strong understanding of information security concepts such as security architecture and design, Information security standards, and information security risk assessment.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.