SOC Analyst

Location: Harlow – 1 day per week on site

Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

Nationality: Sole UK Nationality required

We are currently recruiting for an experienced SOC Analyst to join a leading defence client based in Harlow. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a security focused environment supporting critical defence programmes.

The successful candidate will have proven experience working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) and strong hands-on experience with IBM QRadar SIEM, alongside Microsoft security technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate security alerts within the SOC environment.


• Use IBM QRadar SIEM to identify, investigate and respond to security incidents.


• Analyse security events and escalate potential threats appropriately.


• Support incident response and threat detection activities.


• Monitor and respond to alerts across Microsoft security technologies.


• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of SOC processes and security monitoring capabilities.

Essential Experience

• Experience working within a SOC/Security Operations environment.


• Proven hands-on experience using IBM QRadar SIEM for monitoring and incident response.


• Experience with Microsoft Defender / Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.


• Strong understanding of security monitoring, incident detection and response.


• Active SC Clearance.


• Sole UK Nationality

Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Sentinel.


• Microsoft EDR.


• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD.


• Email threat detection and response.


• Wider SIEM, EDR and security monitoring technologies.

If you are an experienced SOC Analyst with QRadar and Microsoft Defender experience and are interested in working within the defence sector, please get in touch for further details.