SOC Engineer - Cyber

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 + Excellent Benefits
Contract Type: Permanent

The Role – SOC Engineer - Cyber
We’re looking for a hands-on SOC Engineer to join a rapidly growing Cyber Security function within a large enterprise technology environment. This is an opportunity to work in one of the most modern and well-equipped SOC environments in the market, supporting enterprise customers across a broad range of managed security services and cloud technologies.
This is a genuinely engineering-led role rather than a traditional SOC analyst position. You’ll be heavily involved in infrastructure, cloud security, security tooling, automation, and operational cyber engineering across enterprise-scale environments.
Working from a Birmingham-based SOC three days a week, you’ll play a key role in supporting customer environments, improving cyber capabilities, and helping showcase a cutting-edge SOC environment to visiting customers and stakeholders.

What’s in it for you as our Cyber SOC Engineer?

Salary of £45,000 - £50,000
Hybrid working environment
Excellent company benefits package
Flexible benefits scheme
Access to industry-leading SOC technology and tooling
Dedicated training and development time each week
Fully funded learning opportunities and partner-led certifications
Opportunities to attend conferences and industry events
Career progression within a large enterprise technology organisation
Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud and cyber environments
Supportive, collaborative, and highly technical team environment Duties as SOC Engineer - Cyber
As a Cyber SOC Engineer, you will:

Act as a technical escalation point and engineering SME across SOC technologies including SIEM, MDR/XDR, EDR, vulnerability management, and cloud security tooling
Support, maintain, and improve cyber security infrastructure across enterprise customer environments
Work closely with internal teams and customers to onboard, configure, and optimise security technologies and services
Investigate and resolve platform issues, security alerts, log source health problems, and tooling-related incidents
Configure and support technologies such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Tenable, and related security platforms
Assist with vulnerability scanning, remediation support, and operational security improvements
Contribute to automation and scripting initiatives using tools such as KQL, PowerShell, Python, or Bash
Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and security playbooks
Support governance and compliance activities aligned to standards such as ISO27001, GDPR, and NCSC guidance
Work collaboratively across infrastructure, cloud, networking, and cyber teams to improve service delivery and operational resilience
Stay up to date with emerging cyber threats, technologies, and security best practice
Contribute to continual improvement initiatives across the SOC function Who are we looking for as our Cyber SOC Engineer?
We’re looking for a technically capable and proactive engineer who enjoys solving problems, learning new technologies, and working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
This role would suit someone from a SOC Engineering, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, or Cyber Engineering background who enjoys hands-on technical work rather than purely monitoring or analyst-based responsibilities.
You’ll ideally have experience with:

Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender
EDR/XDR/MDR technologies
Vulnerability management tools such as Tenable or Qualys
Azure, Microsoft 365, Intune, or AWS environments
Security tooling, infrastructure, and cloud platforms
Linux and Windows operating systems
SIEM technologies and security monitoring
Basic scripting or automation using KQL, PowerShell, Python, or Bash
ITIL environments and structured change control processes
Firewall, endpoint, or cloud security technologies We’d especially like to hear from candidates who are:

Strong communicators who can work confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Organised, collaborative, and eager to learn
Comfortable working in a customer-facing environment
Self-driven and proactive in solving problems
Able to take ownership while also working well within a team
Interested in developing their cyber engineering and cloud security expertise further Relevant certifications such as SC-200, SC-900, AZ-500, CISSP, or similar would be advantageous, but practical engineering experience is equally important.
Please note: Candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC/BPSS), including having the right to work in the UK and meeting residency requirements.
  
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