SOC Analyst

Lorien
📍 Reading, England, United Kingdom 💼 Contract/Temporary 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

Job Title: SOC Analyst

Duration - 6 months

Location - Havant or Reading (2-3 days in a week onsite)

Description:

(2nd Line - Contractor, SC Cleared)

  • Provide hands-on 2nd line SOC operational support, including investigation and management of escalated incidents from the 1st line SOC
  • Validate and assure quality and effectiveness of Sentinel alerts and detections
  • Support onboarding of log sources and priority use cases into Microsoft Sentinel in line with CAF, T3, and ECS Keystone requirements
  • Develop and utilise KQL queries to enable effective triage, investigation, and validation of security events
  • Provide operational support and guidance to L1 SOC, improving consistency in alert handling and escalation
  • Contribute to clearing operational backlog, including rule validation, clean-up activity, and onboarding delivery
  • Perform basic tuning of analytic rules to improve signal...
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    Job Details

    • Location Reading, England
    • Job Type Contract/Temporary
    • Category Computer Occupations
    • Posted Date July 01, 2026
    • Application Deadline August 10, 2026