SOC Manager

Job Description


Salary/ Benefits
In order to attract the very best talent on the market a generous remuneration package is on offer of £60,000 - £70,000. In addition to this, the position comes with a range of fantastic benefits.
Client
VANRATH is delighted to have partnered with a leading cyber security firm to recruit a Security Operations Centre (SOC) Manager to join their talented team.

The Ideal Person

  • Willingness to learn new skills and proactively drive self-education
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Work well with a team across multiple locations, geographies, and time zones
  • Ability to work under pressure to aggressive deadlines and demonstrate flexibility
  • Experience in a customer facing security role, including supervision and leadership
  • Experience mentoring, supervising, or leading security analysts or IT professionals
  • Deep understanding & familiarity with networking concepts & protocols
  • Significant understanding & familiarity of Operating System fundamentals
  • Deep understanding & experience with fundamental cyber security concepts, such as types of cyber-attacks and why attackers perform them
  • Working with SIEM and other security detection & prevention technologies (E.g. firewalls, IDS, PM, VM) as part of implementing and operating a security program
  • Experience in writing, reviewing and deploying scripts for the purpose of automation of security operations (preferably in python)
  • Knowledge of SOC relevant certs & frameworks (E.g. NIST, SOC2, GIAC, PCI, ISO)
  • Degree in a relevant technical discipline, OR
  • Relevant Industry certifications (Security+, CEH, GIAC, etc.), OR
  • Demonstrable and extensive commensurate technical industry experience


Responsibilities

  • Ultimate responsibility for ensuring that all customers receive an exceptional level of security service and demonstration of customer security value from the company
  • Line management of a team of Security Analysts of varying levels within a 24/7/365 SOC, as part of the wider Global SOC
  • Operating as the highest level of escalation and resolution for customer security service issues, both technical and non-technical
  • Process ownership in the area of security service delivery - Definition, implementation, execution, review, and continual improvement
  • Partnering, building relationships, and collaborating with internal teams across the business to deliver on the objectives of the SOC & Security Services department
  • Be a figure of technical seniority in the work, and provide mentoring, training, and guidance on skills development to reports and less experienced team members


For further information on this vacancy, or any other Cyber Security, Networks or Sales jobs in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Jordan Madden in the strictest confidence on 02890330250 or at jordan.madden@vanrath.com