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Director of SOC

Director of SOC

La FosseReading, ENG, UK
25 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Director of SOC

A Global Organisation requires a Contract Director of SOC to lead the Global Incident Response function of 6 people.

  • Day Rate : £675 - £720pd
  • IR35 Status : Inside
  • Duration : 6 months initially
  • Travel : 2 days a week in Berkshire

This Director of SOC will have the previous following experience :

  • Lead a Global SOC Function within a large federated Company before
  • Oversee day-to-day operations of Cyber Defence teams (CERT, Security Tooling, Proactive Monitoring), managing advanced incident detection, threat hunting, and forensic investigations using platforms like Splunk, Defender, and CrowdStrike
  • Collaborate with Security Engineering and Architecture to integrate AI / ML (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) and emerging security tech for real-time response, smarter automation, and enhanced endpoint / cloud visibility across complex environment
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships across Global Business Units, retained markets, joint ventures, and MSSPs to ensure scalable, consistent, and future-proofed security services delivery aligned with enterprise goals
  • Identify and remediate monitoring gaps, lead modernisation initiatives with platform vendors, and accelerate proof-of-concepts in AI-driven cyber defence, with an end goal of scaling services to B...

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