Director of SOC

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 B2B markets.