SOC Engineer

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SOC Engineer | Cyber Security | Award-Winning VAR


Birmingham (Hybrid)

£45,000 – £50,000 + Excellent Benefits

Permanent


We’re supporting an award-winning VAR in hiring a SOC Engineer to join their growing Cyber Security function.


This is an exciting opportunity to work across a broad range of managed cybersecurity services, supporting enterprise customers through MDR, XDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, and incident response in a fast-paced, multi-tenant environment.


The Role

You’ll act as a technical SME within the SOC team, helping strengthen operational security capability while driving service improvement across customer environments.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Acting as the technical expert across SIEM, EDR/MDR, vulnerability scanning and wider security technologies.
  • Supporting BAU operations, onboarding projects, offence triage, log source health, tuning and remediation activity.
  • Providing technical guidance and assurance to SOC colleagues, ensuring remediation and incident response activities are effective.
  • Staying ahead of emerging threats and advising on appropriate controls and response plans.
  • Developing security processes, procedures and playbooks to improve operational maturity.
  • Ensuring onboarding and security services meet governance and compliance requirements before go-live.
  • Producing clear technical documentation and runbooks.


What We’re Looking For

  • Strong experience across SOC Engineering / Security Operations within an MSSP or multi-tenanted environment.
  • Hands-on knowledge of EDR/MDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning and SIEM tooling.
  • Experience scripting with KQL, Python, PowerShell or Bash for automation and incident response.
  • Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and cloud environments.
  • Understanding of frameworks such as ISO27001, GDPR, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, and NIS2.
  • Relevant certifications (CISSP, Microsoft Security, Tenable, etc.) are beneficial.


If you’re a SOC Engineer looking for a role with variety, technical depth, and the chance to work across multiple security domains, please reach out to george.monk@jamesadamsgroup.com

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Job Description:

SOC Engineer | Cyber Security | Award-Winning VAR

Birmingham (Hybrid)

£45,000 – £50,000 + Excellent Benefits

Permanent

We’re supporting an award-winning VAR in hiring a SOC Engineer to join their growing Cyber Security function.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across a broad range of managed cybersecurity services, supporting enterprise customers through MDR, XDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, and incident response in a fast-paced, multi-tenant environment.

The Role

You’ll act as a technical SME within the SOC team, helping strengthen operational security capability while driving service improvement across customer environments.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Acting as the technical expert across SIEM, EDR/MDR, vulnerability scanning and wider security technologies.
  • Supporting BAU operations, onboarding projects, offence triage, log source health, tuning and remediation activity.
  • Providing technical guidance and assurance to SOC colleagues, ensuring remediation and incident response activities are effective.
  • Staying ahead of emerging threats and advising on appropriate controls and response plans.
  • Developing security processes, procedures and playbooks to improve operational maturity.
  • Ensuring onboarding and security services meet governance and compliance requirements before go-live.
  • Producing clear technical documentation and runbooks.

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong experience across SOC Engineering / Security Operations within an MSSP or multi-tenanted environment.
  • Hands-on knowledge of EDR/MDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning and SIEM tooling.
  • Experience scripting with KQL, Python, PowerShell or Bash for automation and incident response.
  • Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and cloud environments.
  • Understanding of frameworks such as ISO27001, GDPR, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, and NIS2.
  • Relevant certifications (CISSP, Microsoft Security, Tenable, etc.) are beneficial.

If you’re a SOC Engineer looking for a role with variety, technical depth, and the chance to work across multiple security domains, please reach out to george.monk@jamesadamsgroup.com

Posted: May 23rd, 2026