Lead Security Engineer - Southampton (Hybrid) - £70,000 - £80,000

Are you an experienced SOC professional looking to take the next step into a technical leadership role?

We're partnering with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) in Southampton that is looking for an experienced Lead Security Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine hands-on technical expertise with people leadership, helping to shape and develop a modern, high-performing SOC.

You'll lead a team of talented analysts, drive continuous improvement, own the security technology stack, and play a key role in delivering exceptional cyber security services to customers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Hands-on experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR and modern security tooling.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex security incidents.
• Drive incident response, investigations and post-incident reviews.
• Own and enhance the SOC tooling environment, including SIEM, SOAR and EDR platforms.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency.
• Oversee the onboarding of new customers, including log ingestion, alert tuning and use case development.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase SOC maturity and capability.
• Stay ahead of emerging cyber threats and implement best practice security operations.
• Strong knowledge of incident response, threat detection and security monitoring.
• Excellent understanding of networking, cyber security principles and threat intelligence.
• Experience working within an MSSP or customer-facing environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

 Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Sentinel
• Other cloud-native SIEM platforms.
• Microsoft Defender
• MITRE framework.
• Wider Security technical skilks
• ISO 27001 / NIST knowledge.

If you're passionate about cyber security, enjoy leading teams, and want to make a real impact within a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Please hit the button to Apply and/or contact me at jimmy.hearne@infraview.co.uk for further info. If this role is not for you, please Register with us, let us know your preferences, and will be in touch when the right role comes in.

Lead Security Engineer - Southampton (Hybrid) - £70,000 - £80,000