Senior SOC Engineer

Company: Sopra Steria Ltd
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Location: Farnborough
Job Description:

At Sopra Steria, our Security Operations Centre (SOC) protects some of the UK’s most critical organisations. As a SOC Engineer, you’ll make sure the right monitoring and protective tooling is in place—so our analysts can detect, investigate and respond at pace. It’s a hands‑on role with real impact and plenty of scope to grow your cybersecurity career. This is meaningful work across high‑impact client environments in a culture that backs your growth—learn from specialists across engineering, architecture and operations.

Based on Site in Farnborough OR Hemel Hempstead.

You do need to be eligible for SC Clearance.

What you will be doing:

  • Install, configure and support security monitoring tools feeding into the SOC
  • Ensure tooling is operating effectively to protect client environments.
  • Work with teams to assess risks, design controls and define testing requirements.
  • Support senior engineers with SIEM, threat intelligence and malware analysis platforms.
  • Apply patches/updates, raise changes and follow agreed processes.
  • Keep up to date with threats and recommend improvements.

What you will bring:

  • Clear understanding of Information Security fundamentals
  • Sentinel OR Splunk experience.
  • Familiarity with security monitoring/protective technologies.
  • Good project‑management skills; able to juggle multiple priorities.
  • Analytical and systematic problem‑solving approach; able to absorb and apply technical information.
  • Ability to plan work to objectives and influence peers and specialist teams.
  • Able to manage competing tasks, meet deadlines and collaborate in a busy environment.
  • CompTIA Network+ (or similar) or equivalent knowledge.

It would be great if you had:

  • Experience with Azure or AWS security features.
  • SIEM experience—especially Sentinel or Splunk.

Employment Type:

Full-time

Location:

Office based Hemel Hempstead OR Farnborough.

Security Clearance Level:

Eligible for SC Clearance

Internal Recruiter:

Jane

Salary:

£To be discussed

Benefits:

25 days annual leave, Health Shields, life assurance, pension,

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Posted: June 1st, 2026