Security Operations Specialist
Our global client requires a Contract SecOps SME responsible for managing the MSSP relationship, acting as the primary escalation point, and driving improvement across security tooling, processes, and service delivery, with hands‑on experience in Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Defender.
- Day Rate: £550-£600pd
- IR35 Status: Outside
- Travel: 3 days a week in London Office (2 days WFH)
- Duration: Initial 6 months
Key Experience
- Lead Security Operations while managing the MSSP relationship, acting as the primary escalation point and ensuring services are delivered effectively against agreed expectations.
- Drive continuous improvement across Security Operations, refining and optimising processes, tooling, and workflows, and enhancing the value of platforms such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, and Defender.
- Deliver core operational security activities, including proactive monitoring, investigation, and response to SIEM alerts and incidents, managing ticket queues, escalating where required, and documenting cases through to closure.
- Act as a subject matter expert for key security technologies, owning their configuration and ongoing optimisation, while leading threat hunting, processing IOCs/IOAs, leveraging threat intelligence, and supporting vulnerability management and remediation.
- Support governance and collaboration by maintaining clear SecOps documentation and procedures, contributing to MSSP oversight, participating in on‑call incident response, conducting eDiscovery investigations when required, and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
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