SOC Engineering Lead £70,000 - £80,000 DOE Hybrid Working UKSV clearance required candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain clearance. This role leads the Security Engineering function within a high-performing Security Operations Centre. It is a pivotal leadership position responsible for onboarding delivery, platform engineering, detection optimisation and technical transition into live SOC services. The team is technically strong. What it needs is structure, prioritisation and consistent leadership. You will bring clarity, accountability and calm while remaining technically credible and hands-on. This is not a pure management role. You must be able to lead from the front. The Role You will: • Lead and schedule the SOC Engineering team across onboarding and live service activity • Own technical delivery during customer onboarding and transition • Oversee Sentinel connector deployment, Defender integration, rule tuning and SOAR playbooks • Ensure structured service handover into SOC operations with clear documentation • Act as escalation point for complex engineering issues in live environments • Maintain SLA adherence and platform health • Improve detection logic, automation and enrichment capability • Drive engineering standards, reporting clarity and workload discipline • Coach and develop junior engineers • Maintain technical authority across Microsoft Sentinel, Defender suite, Entra ID and Azure security architecture What Success Looks Like • Onboarding delivered on